The Department of Transportation (DOT) is considering a 60 mile per hour speed limit for trucks that it estimates could save as many as 500 lives each year.
The Transportation Department on Tuesday proposed requiring commercial motor vehicles to install speed-limiting devices.
The limits would apply to trucks, buses and other large vehicles that weigh more than 26,000 pounds.These devices would “reduce the severity of crashes involving these vehicles and reduce the resulting fatalities and injuries,” the DOT said.
