Safety Impacts of Speed Limiter Device Installations on Commercial Trucks and Buses (2008) / Chapter Skim
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independently initiated a review of speed limiters, including a review of related safety studies and a survey of motor carriers. The synthesis team coordinated its efforts with ATRI and incorporated relevant information and survey results to maximize commercial truck carrier response and avoid duplicative efforts (McDonald 2007)
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survey reported that more than 81% of respondents would rather drive for a company without speed limiters; with the drivers' primary concern with speed limiters being the lack of passing speed. An ATRI survey found overall installation rates of speed limiters at 63% for motor carriers, which are comparable to rates identified in the OOIDA study.
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The current synthesis provides a preliminary understanding of speed limiter use in CMV operations; it does not provide, however, a methodological comparison of before and after results applied uniformly across predefined truck and bus fleet operations. This final chapter outlines an approach to an in-depth empirical study that would harvest data from the commercial truck and bus industry with regard to the safety effectiveness of speed limiters.
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