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posted by admin in Home Phone ServiceOur story today in Missouri. Among them are changes in the blood-alcohol limit for boaters; property tax changes; new crimes; and a repeal of campaign donation limits.
But the one that interests me the most is new restrictions on heavy trucks, requiring them to stay out of the left lane on the interestates. According to the story:
Highway motorists choosing the far-left lane should be free of heavy truck traffic. A new law prohibits big trucks — mostly semis and heavy freight haulers — from driving in the far-left lane on highways that have at least three lanes.
By banning trucks from the lane where traffic is usually fastest, state officials hope highways in urban areas will be safer for motorists.
I do a lot of driving. This summer, we took Interstate 70 across to Philadelphia. I like to call 70 “the backbone of America” because of all the heavy trucks that drive goods back and forth across the country. I suppose that gives me some comfort while I’m also trying not to get boxed in by the many trucks. Or while I’m trying to pass the slower ones. Or while I’m trying to get out of the wsay of the faster ones.
What do you think of such a law? Is it fair to truckers? Good for the rest of the motorists? Will it be safer? Have you had close-calls on the highway involving trucks?
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