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Originally Posted by 99metro
There are LOTS of car/trucker accidents here in Colorado as a result of cars plowing into the rear of tractor trailers. LOTS and LOTS.
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Sounds like Colorado must be Darwin Award country. Kind of hard to imagine "lots and lots" of drivers so oblivious to their surroundings that they can't see the back of a bloody great semi in front of them, and slow down before they hit.
There's a similar limit on at least some California freeways, but to 55 mph (and the trucks are restricted to the two right lanes). Doesn't seem to cause problems (at least from my limited experience driving there). Quite the opposite, since the faster traffic tends to stick to the left lanes, instead of dodging into whatever lane is handy.