Councilman wants lower truck speeds – billingsgazette.com

And a councilman wants to build a name for himself. It really is the standard argument. Trucks do take longer to change speed than cars. This is a fact. On the other hand, though I’m not a scientist, it seems it would be much safer for trucks and cars to travel the same speed. A synchronization of objects going in the same direction is a much smoother process when both are traveling at similar velocity. State roads are different in one respect, especially in Wyoming, being they are generally two-way traffic. A headon collision at total speed of 110 versus 130 will net the same disastrous result.