Mailbag: 'It was hairy' --reader on cross-country trip speed-limited at 65, more views

Asked just what, if any, speed they would choose if a speed-limiter mandate became law and specified a speed setting, nearly half of Overdrive's owner-operator readers indicated none, objecting entirely to the mandate. A slightly larger share chose speeds higher than those analyzed by the Department of Transportation in the recently released proposed rulemaking, for reasons of safety and more. A Maine-based trucker recounted the experience of running across the Western U.S. limited to 65 mph as "hairy" in high-speed environments for four-wheelers.