Phil wrote ... > Interestingly, there was an item on our local news last night > about this very topic. It was stated that if long distance > haulers were fitted with speed limiters set for 105 kph > [about 65 mph], the companies would save about $8000 [about > 4,000 GBP] per year per truck on the cost of diesel fuel. > Diesel costs about $1.06/53p per litre over here. > > One trucker interviewed agreed, but said that he would still > rather have the capability to put his foot down under certain > circumstances to get himself and his rig out of difficulty.
In Europe they're already fitted with speed limiters governing top speed to 56mph. And have been for yonks on bigger trucks (over 7.5 tonne GW) with smaller trucks (over 3.5 tonnes GW) recently included. Bru
