USDOT pulled the heavy-truck speed-limiter mandate. Our trucks still have a company limit

What the notice actually said

A withdrawn proposal is a paperwork event. The truck on I-94 still has a governor, a posted state limit, and a carrier policy that an underwriter has already priced. That is the file this page is about — not rest-area grants, even though both items sat in the same June 27, 2025 release.

USDOT said it is withdrawing the proposed speed-limiter mandate for heavy vehicles. The department’s line is that a hard cap below traffic speed is a hazard. Buried next to parking dollars and HOS-pilot language, the limiter item is easy to misread as a blank check. It is not.

An NPRM that does not become a final rule means that particular federal mandate is not advancing in that form. It does not erase posted limits on a state highway. It does not erase an ELD speeding event. It does not erase a fleet’s own setting.

Parking grants in the same package are a 14-hour and lot-capacity story. This page is equipment and policy. If a broker forwards the release and asks whether we can “run open,” the answer is the number on the landing, not the newsroom headline.

Withdrawal of a proposal is not permission. It is the absence of a new federal cap in that form — company, state, and insurance limits remain.

What it changes on Monday

Brokers asking whether we can now run 85 — no. Our published company limit on the dry van, flatbed, and conestoga landings is 73 mph. That is a fleet and insurance number. A dead federal proposal does not rewrite it, and a rate confirmation will not either.

Monday’s quote still assumes that speed, those miles, and a Motive ELD that will show what the truck actually did. If a customer wants a faster transit than the limit and HOS allow, we pass. We do not sell a fantasy ETA and then argue with the governor.

Owner-operators who lease on still get the same conversation at onboarding. The box on the dash has to match our file, not a Facebook claim that “the mandate died so the truck is open.” See owner-operator terms and driver terms for the number we actually post.

If you have freight, send origin, destination, and whether it is drop or live. The limiter withdrawal does not change how we price a Chicago-to-somewhere dry van. Quote the load or call the desk.

What we will — and will not — do

We will not sell “no limiter” as a service. We will sell on-time dry van from Lake Bluff with a company speed we can stand behind when the insurance auditor asks. The job pages still list 73 mph.

We will not treat a withdrawn NPRM as a reason to loosen ELD coaching or to argue with a state trooper about what federal law used to almost require. State law and our policy still apply on Monday.

Questions on a live truck: +1 (847) 702-8181. If you want the seat, the speed is on the landing before you apply — we would rather you see it now than debate it at orientation.