Thread: Schneider to slow trucks to 60 mph

THURSDAY, May 8, 2008, 11:52 a.m.
By Rick Romell

Schneider to slow trucks to 60 mph
The trucking industry's largest lobbying group today called for a nationwide 65 mph speed limit, longer trailers and other steps in an effort to cut greenhouse-gas emissions and save billions of gallons of fuel.

Meanwhile, Green Bay-based Schneider National Inc., one of the country's biggest trucking firms, went still further: The company will voluntarily cut the top cruising speed on its 10,600 tractors to 60 mph, President and Chief Executive Officer Chris Lofgren said during a press conference announcing the industry initiative.

Schneider's slowdown - the firm currently caps cruising speeds at 63 mph - will be equivalent to taking more than 7,200 cars off the highways, Lofgren said, and will save 3.75 million gallons of fuel a year.

"We encourage others in the industry to make this commitment with us," Lofgren said.

Limiting cars and trucks to 65 mph could conserve more than 11 billion gallons of diesel and gasoline over 10 years, the American Trucking Associations said in announcing its sustainability proposals.

That would reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by 116 million tons, the organization said. Carbon dioxide is the chief source of the so-called greenhouse effect and, many scientists say, of global warming.

The trucking group also called for longer combination trailers or higher weight allowances - a proposal likely to draw fire from highway safety advocates - elimination of nearly 500 traffic bottlenecks and government incentives for trucking companies to install devices that reduce idling.

http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1& ... 8&id=39408

Apparently these doofuses haven't heard, like most people, that the forecast is for 10-30 years of cooling, just like the "deniers" said would happen. The ocean monitoring system showed NO increase in temps. and the Aqua Satellite system disproved one of the IPCC major pillars of their global warming scam. The whole thing has collapsed, but they are doing as much as possibe to keep it alive.

This crock about reducing speed and saving fuel is just that. How many people go the speed limit. I drive about 1500 miles a week and if you go the speed limit, every car on the road will pass you. Besides having your vehicle maintained has just as much to do with gas savings.

I wonder who Schneider is pandering to and why???