Slowing down is safer and benefits both economy and environment

I have been noticing on the road that many trucks are really slowing down. I work with a company that has had speed limiters on our trucks for years, so when I started trucking 11 years ago, many trucks were blowing by me in my speed-governed truck.

Now that the price of fuel has gone from less than $1 a gallon when I started, to over $4 a gallon now, many trucks are really slowing down to conserve fuel.

Back then, I believed we needed to be more fuel efficient, and now that it is really becoming a reality. This year should be a great year for safety in the trucking industry.

There seems to be a greater degree of safety in the industry with the trucks being forced by the economy to slow down. Slower moving vehicles will benefit the environment as well.

Thanks,

Stephen T. Conklin

Summerdale, Ala.

Schneider National Bulk Carriers

Million Mile Driver