Tomorrow, July 1, 2009, the speed limit for trucks on the freeways in the State of Ohio will become 65 miles per hour. I am not a truck driver, but I have experienced being stuck in the right lane due to high traffic, and being stuck behind a truck that was doing the old speed limit of 55. I think that having a split speed limit is unsafe. I have seen a few accidents from cars closing on trucks faster than they thought.
The real reason for this post is to celebrate that the provision for speed cameras in Ohio construction zones was removed from the very same bill that raised the speed limit for trucks on Ohio freeways. You can be sure that lawmakers, who are being wined and dined by Redflex, will try to sneak photo radar onto Ohio freeways again. Redflex lobbyists will tell of the millions of dollars that can be added to the budget, which is the language of Columbus. Ohio needs an outright ban on photo enforcement and the violations of due process that come with these red light and speed cameras.
Jun 30