Illinois truck drivers are celebrating in the streets from Belleville to Joliet. Well, maybe not, but truckers are definitely happy as a new law will allow them to drive 65 mph on interstate highways outside of St. Louis and Chicago.
Governor Quinn signed the bill, and it goes into effect on January 1, 2010.
“Its very long time overdue,” says Canadian carrier Jack Wyszotski.
“I appreciate being able to set it on cruise control at 60 miles per hour and being able to cruise on through Illinois,” explains driver Jo Anne Nelson. “Because it’s a long state from north to south, and it takes a long time at the “double nickel.””
Nelson has been a trucker for more than 20 years and has logged more than 2-million accident free miles behind the wheel. She says, this isn’t only about convenience, its about safety…
“More than anything else, you can flow with the traffic, which is better than being held up and holding up traffic. I think its really a reasonable thing. Its more dangerous the other way.”
lllinois is one of the last states in the nation to increase their semi-truck speed limit. This will hopefully make the interstates safer. We will see.
To read the complete story about this law change, click here.
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