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Speed limits eyed for semis to curb fatalities
Iowa safety chief backs speed controls on heavy trucks as fatal crashes rise. Federal data show 4600 heavy truck deaths in 1978, a 40 percent jump since 1975, with auto deaths also rising but less sharply. Officials push study of automatic speed controls and a 28-member panel to assess truck safety factors.
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Iowa Department of Transportation
Jim Bloomquist
Joan Claybrook
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
Claybrook
Iowa
American Trucking Association