We hear a lot about the economic stimulus package and rightfully so, it is the moment of change that we pin our hopes for an improved economy to. What is it going to do for the fundamental problem of freight volume has not been addressed. This is an important question. In the past, one of the first predictors of depressed economy’s new health has been the growth in freight. But today that is simply not the case and the stimulus package is aimed entirely differently. It’s not going to deliver a radical change to freight volume and the trucking industry.

What it might do is help to stabilize and slowly grow industries that will create freight volume. The stimulus package has only begun to work upon the economy and as a result,
we simply cannot expect to see much change before the onset of 2010. The major areas of growth targeted by the package are energy, automotive, and infrastructure. Of these three, infrastructure has the most potential to impact freight volumes, both directly and indirectly, as long as automotive continues to struggle. Directly, because infrastructure projects will demand materials that need to be shipped. Indirectly, because successful infrastructure will increase jobs and consumer confidence, which may then increase spending and retail sales. Freight volumes will remain constant for the foreseeable futures and then, as an indirect effect of the stimulus package they may increase.

At the moment, it’s enough to know where we stand and plan for the future.

A recent study was published in The American Journal of Health attributing 12, 545 traffic fatalities to higher speed limits implemented between 19995 and 2005. It is an undisputed fact that in a collision driving speed increases impact speed. The faster the involved vehicles are going, the worse the crash. And so the study calls for lowered speed limits on the national level, claiming they will not only save lives, but lower gas consumption and reduce emissions. But the study only tells one part of the story.

Research suggests that the problem may be more complicated than that. Studies by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety have shown that accidents and deaths increase when speed limits for all vehicles are raised. What about when speed limits for trucks are raised? There are eleven states in the U.S. that post different speed limits for cars and truckers. These differences seem trivial to the average driver (who, studies show, frequently exceeds the speed limit), but the long haul driver is heavily penalized by them. Not only do these lower limits represent a lowered income potential, studies are showing that they also represent an increased risk of collision. At high speeds, deviation from the average speed of traffic makes you a magnet for accidents.

Truckers report that, in an effort to avoid being slowed, drivers are engaging in risky, accident-prone behavior. The research backs them up. The roads are simply safer if everyone drives at the same speed.

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