OOIDA Call to Action - Indiana Members
March 1, 2005

Attention: Indiana truckers! Three bills in the Indiana House need your attention.

SB217 would raise the speed limit on rural interstates from 60 mph to 65 mph for large trucks and from 65 mph to 70 mph for all other vehicles. The bill has passed the Senate and is awaiting assignment to a House committee.

HB1393 would authorize the higher speeds along the Indiana Toll Road. It is awaiting a final vote before the full House.

SB127 would increase the speed limit to 65 mph for cars and 60 mph for trucks on certain noninterstate highways. It recently passed the Senate and is awaiting assignment to a House committee.

The affected stretches would be U.S. 20 from the intersection of U.S. 20 and County Road 17 in Elkhart County to the intersection of U.S. 20 and U.S. 31 in St. Joseph County; and U.S. 31 from the intersection of U.S. 31 and U.S. 20 in St. Joseph County to the boundary line between Indiana and Michigan.

As you can tell, SB127, SB217 and HB1393 do not eliminate the state's split speed provision.

It is important you contact your representative and let him/her know the importance of uniform speeds to road safety.

For contact information, visit www.in.gov/apps/sos/legislator/search/list.jsp. Scroll down to the third paragraph from the bottom of the page and click the link following "Indiana elected legislators." Follow the remaining steps. You can also call OOIDA's Membership Department at 1-800-444-5791 and they'll look it up.