TRENTON, NJ. — The Garden State is planting two separate rules that would slow down trucks in its jurisdiction.

Assemblywoman Marcia Karrow, R-Hunterdon is proposing legislation that would eliminate uniform speed limits on rural highways for certain vehicles. The rule would require trucks weighing more than 10,000 pounds — and those hauling hazardous materials, regardless of weight — to slow down by 10 mph to 55 mph.

According to OOIDA‘s official publication Land Line, this is the fourth attempt to pass this law in recent years. None of the previous bills made it out of committee.

Meanwhile, New Jersey Assembly Bill 2415, also introduced by Karrow in March, would require a speed limiting devices on all trucks entering the state set at 68 miles per hour.

North of the border, Ontario and Quebec are on the verge of becoming the first two North American jurisdictions to enact speed limiter legislation requiring trucks speeds to be capped at 105 km/h.

In Ontario, Bill 41 cleared second reading and will face a final review in Committee this summer.

Groups in opposition include OOIDA and its Canadian counterpart OBAC, as well as private carrier groups and a majority of independent owner operators.

Recently, the U.S.-based Truck Renting and Leasing Association (TRALA) penned two letters to Ontario and New Jersey officials, asking them to reconsider their speed limiter proposals.

TRALA said it wants to "avoid a state-by-state patchwork of varying equipment mandates."