The new year has brought a new law with it in regards to commercial vehicles.

Fines for speeding commercial trucks

House Bill 23-1267 allows the Colorado Department of Transportation to establish steep-downhill grade zones on highways where the downhill is 5% or greater and where there are safety concerns related to commercial truck drivers going over the speed limit. In those zones, commercial truck drivers caught speeding will face doubled fines and surcharges.

If the department establishes a steep downhill grade zone, the department must erect signs identifying the zone and notifying commercial motor vehicle drivers that increased fines are assessed for speeding in the zone. The act subjects a commercial motor vehicle driver who commits a speeding violation in a steep downhill grade zone to doubled fines and surcharges.