WHEREAS, The Commercial Motor Vehicle Act of 1986 established standards for disqualifying commercial drivers who commit offenses defined as serious traffic violations; and

WHEREAS, Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 383.5 defined the offenses that constitute serious traffic violations; and

WHEREAS, The sanction for speed, as a serious traffic violation, becomes enforceable when the actual speed is 15 miles per hour or more above the posted speed limit; and

WHEREAS, The sanction for speed was established when the national speed limit was 55 miles per hour; and

WHEREAS, A speed limit of 65 miles per hour raises the speed sanction to 80 miles per hour before it becomes classified as a serious traffic violation; and

WHEREAS, The safety of all users of the highway is our primary concern; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the International Association of Chiefs of Police, duly assembled at its 104th Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida, supports an amendment to Title 49, CFR, Part 383.5, to reflect a reduction to 10 miles per hour or more above the posted speed limit as the criteria for determining a serious traffic violation involving speed.