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1652 VETOES
May 7, 1968.
Honorable Marvin Mandel
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland
Dear Mr. Speaker:
In accordance with Section 17 of Article II of the Maryland
Constitution, I have today vetoed House Bill 770.
This bill removes the 35 mile maximum speed limit now imposed
on loaded "dump trucks." These vehicles under current law are au-
thorized to haul maximum weights of 40,000 pounds on 2 axles and
65,000 on 3 or more axles. Their very short wheel base for the load
carried, of necessity, creates an extreme hazard at high speeds. In
the event of brake failure or loss of control, the possibility of serious
or even fatal accidents will be greatly increased at higher rates of
speed. The relinquishing of the existing controls on the speed of
these vehicles would not be compatible with present steps being taken
to improve and promote traffic safety on our highways.
For the above reasons, I am compelled to veto this measure.
Sincerely,
(s) Spiro T. Agnew,
Governor.
House Bill No. 772—Weight of Trucks
AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section 315
(a) of Article 66˝ of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1967 Re-
placement Volume), title "Motor Vehicles," subtitle "Operation of
Vehicles Upon Highways," to provide for a weight allowance of 10%
over the maximum individual axle load of a vehicle as long as the
combined load on all axles with such allowance on any individual
axle does not thereby exceed the gross weight limit of such vehicle.
May 7, 1968.
Honorable Marvin Mandel
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State House
Annapolis, Maryland
Dear Mr. Speaker:
In accordance with Section 17 of Article II of the Maryland
Constitution, I have today vetoed House Bill 772 and am returning
it to you.
This bill provides for a tolerance of 10% in the axle weight of
certain loaded trucks. An examination of statistics reveals that no
other State in the Continental United States has a greater statutory
axle weight than does Maryland. Maryland's maximum is 22,400
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