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The thing finally passed and got signed, but Ohio Governor Ted Strickland used his line-item veto 13 times. Truckers are thrilled that they can drive 65 like everyone else on the Ohio portions of the interstate highways, but the Ohio Highway Patrol doesn’t share the glee:
Opponents, including the Ohio Highway Patrol, wanted no part of that. They said that faster trucks lead to more problems.
However, research collected by OOIDA concludes that the difference in vehicle speeds, not excessive speed, contributes to accidents. Collisions occur when trucks and cars must change lanes and pass more frequently.
If what’s in the Cleveland Leader is right, however, I’m really glad I’m getting into electoral politics:
Under the new bill, truckers face fee increases for vehicle titles and tags, so the speed increase was seen as compensation.
We’ll pay more money if you let us go faster?
What exactly do tag and title fees have to do with the speed of a vehicle and safety?
If the facts demonstrate that this split speed thing was no good and not safe to begin with, then why do you have to pretend that the quid pro quo was more fees for faster trucks?
Just. Make them. Separate.
Fees need to go up? They go up.
Speeds should be allowed to go up? Then they can go up.
Why this “the speed increase was seen as compensation”?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:37 pm April 3rd, 2009 in Business, Ethics, Government, Law, leadership, Ohio, Politics, Statehouse, Transportation
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I have to disagree on their assumption that there will be more accidents if the trucks go faster. I live in Oregon where trucks are allowed to go 65, and we don’t have an excessive amount of accidents due to speed. Stupidity yes, speed no.
Governments will always keep trying to find ways to get more money from the people. Especially with the current governments spending rampage. The money has to come from somewhere. And if Obama is going to “lower” taxes, then they will just need to find other places to make us pay to make up for that, and I am sure that we will end up paying much more in other costs than we will saving $40 a month in tax cuts.
I don’t mean to insult you Laura but I can’t tell if you are spam or not because of that second paragraph – it really doesn’t relate to this move by Ohio at all. But, ok – it stays for now. Thanks – esp if you aren’t spam.
Thanks for the link, Jill. Hope all is well