Truck Safety

Jackie Gillan on Trucks.Com: Automatic Emergency Braking – Prime Time for Regulation

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  Automatic Emergency Braking – Prime Time for Regulation June 23, 2016 Opinion   Traffic safety groups are pushing NHTSA to establish standards for crash avoidance systems in trucks. (Photo: Washington State Patrol)   Written by Jacqueline Gillan, president of…

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Statements on House Appropriations Committee Action to Repeal Commonsense Truck Safety Rules

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 24, 2016 Contact: Allison Kennedy, 202-408-1711, [email protected] With Memorial Day Weekend Approaching and Record Number of Highway Deaths and Injuries Predicted, Congress Moves Special Interest Bill Putting Even More Tired Truckers on the Roads with Families…

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Press Call-In on Truck Driver Hours of Service with Audio

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Full audio recording of the press call: https://saferoads.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/GILL0518.mp3 Contact: Bill Bronrott, 202-270-4415, [email protected] May 18, 2016 Victims of Tired Trucker Crashes in ME, AL, GA and IL Join a Truck Driver and Safety Advocates to Call on Congress to Stop…

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Statement of Cathy Chase on Fatigued Truck Driver Crash

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                            Contact: Allison Kennedy, 360-281-7033 [email protected] May 6, 2016 STATEMENT OF CATHY CHASE, VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, ADVOCATES FOR HIGHWAY AND AUTO SAFETY, ON FATIGUED TRUCK DRIVER CRASH IN NASHVILLE, TN CAUSING 8 CAR PILE UP…

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