Legislature Upholds Truck Speed Limit Veto SPRINGFIELD, IL (wqub) - A measure allowing trucks to travel faster in Illinois failed to make it over a legislative speed bump. Amanda Vinicky reports:

The legislature earlier this year voted to raise the speed limit for trucks from 55 miles an hour to 65 on rural highways only. The Governor vetoed the proposal. He says it would lead to deadly accidents.
The Illinois House sided with the governor ... and decided to keep trucks' maximum speed at 55.
Here's Sara Feighenholtz ... a House Democrat from Chicago.

"We've all had our personal experiences driving, uh, near, behind, in front of, passing trucks. And it's often been very challenging sometimes to stay on the road."
Advocates of a uniform speed limit argue it's safer to when all traffic travels at the same speed. They also argue it would help the trucking industry ... and the state's economy ... if truck drivers didn't have to slow down in Illinois.
I'm Amanda Vinicky.
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