The Nebraska legislature has indefinitely postponed a bill that would have dropped the speed limit for trucks by 10 mph.

LB318, which would have created a "split speed limit" of 65 mph for trucks while other vehicles could travel at 75 mph, was introduced by Sen. Marian Price. Price told the Lincoln Journal Star, "People have come to me, about the big vehicles that come up right behind you at a rapid speed, and expressed a concern about the safety of themselves."
Bud Cuca, executive director of the Nebraska Trucking Association, told the paper that different speed limits for trucks and cars are the greatest deterrent to highway safety. He cited two separate studies, by the American Automobile Association and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, that have indicated there is an increase in rear-end and side-swipe accidents when trucks and cars have different speed limits.
The Transportation and Telecommunications committee unanimously voted Feb. 27 to indefinitely postpone the bill.
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