Truckers' magazine reports Alberta minister approves of pedal to the metal

A Missouri-based trade magazine for truckers, Land Line Magazine, reports that Alberta Transportation Minister Luke Ouellette rejects any idea of making commercial trucks observe the speed limits on the province's highways. He apparently made the remarks during an Alberta Motor Transportation Association conference last Friday.

"Transportation Minister Luke Ouellette announced that Alberta will not follow the provinces of Ontario or Quebec to make electronic speed limiters mandatory for heavy-duty commercial vehicles. Ouellette has also taken a stand against electronic on-board recorders – EOBRs – and said Alberta will go its own way and opt out of adopting Canadian federal hours-of-service regulations...."

“Forcing trucks to stay below 105 kilometers per hour on provincial highways could potentially cause more collisions on roads while other vehicles travel at higher speeds. I believe it is safer to have trucks moving at the same speed as other traffic to reduce the collisions resulting from an increase in lane changing.”