SB706 prohibits operators of semi trucks and other large vehicles from using cruise control or compression release engine brakes when driving in active snow, sleet, or freezing rain.
The Virginia State House of Delegates passed SB706 on March 4, 2022 by a vote of 94 to 4. We have assigned plusses to the nays because this bill expands government’s interference in free-market commerce. The Declaration of Independence states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” and government interference in someone’s privacy, entrepreneurship and private business is in violation of that belief.