Killer-Truck Fix Hits Roadblock in Trump’s Quest to Cut Rules
- Trump zeal to limit new rules has held up safety improvements
- Almost half of pending DOT regulations required by Congress
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Years of pleas from parents whose son was killed by a speeding tractor-trailer, buy-in from some truckers and the promise of fewer highway deaths convinced U.S. officials in September to propose requiring speed-limiting devices on all large rigs.
All it took was a few minutes for President Donald Trump to sign an order putting that regulation and hundreds of others in limbo.