For a second, it looked like the feds might mandate speed limiters on semi-trucks. Two government entities—the United States Department of Transportation and Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...

A truck on Interstate 15 outside Las Vegas. The NHTSA and FMCSA's joint speed limiter proposal is being delayed for the second time and is now projected for publication in May 2025.

The U.S. House appropriations subcommittee meets this week to discuss the legislation, which currently includes a block on any speed limiter mandate and $200M appropriated for new truck parking ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has received backlash from trucking groups over a proposed 68 mph speed limiter mandate—a number now rescinded from government documents as the ...

House spending bill funds truck parking, bars speed limiter mandates. June 27, 2024. ... Prohibits speed limiter requirements for vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds.

FMCSA backtracks after ‘inaccurate’ reveal of speed-limiter intentions] DOT’s latest Significant Rulemaking Report also updates the expected publication dates of other rulemakings in the works.

Speed limiters placed on semi-trucks in the United States are to be removed by eliminating the regulation from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Motoring USA Posted: July 1, 2025 | Last ...

And now, they oppose a federal truck speed-limiter rule. “Excessive speeds create a safety risk,” he continued. “And limiting the maximum speed of an 80,000-pound tractor-trailer rig makes ...

FMCSA has not revealed how high a limit it would set for a truck’s top speed; ATA's position is 70 with the use of automatic emergency braking and adaptive cruise control.

The coalition pointed out that “while a speed limiter mandate may be thought as something affecting only the 'trucking' industry, FMCSA’s proposal would apply to every commercial truck ...

"Instead of limiting the speed on trucks, they should really limit the speed on cars." --Trucker Andrew Axelson on where he and many others feel the real speeding problem lies.