Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
CONTACT: Bill Bronrott, 202-270-4415 and bronrott@gmail.com MEDIA ADVISORY Truck crash victims, law enforcement, safety advocates to join Senator Blumenthal (D-CT) as Senate is poised to consider dangerous special interest riders including “Double 33 Trailers” and “Tired Truckers” provisions passed by House in FY 2016 transportation spending bill WHAT: NEWS CONFERENCE to urge the Senate Appropriations Committee to stop…
read moreFor Immediate Release: June 17, 2015 Contact: Jody Couser (443) 703-8678, jodycouser@gmail.com State Action Comes as U.S. Senate is Poised to Consider Transportation Spending Bill, a Likely Vehicle for Anti-Truck Safety “Riders” U.S. House Transportation Spending Bill (HR 2577) Forces Illinois and Other States to Allow Oversized Trucks on its Roads and Highways Illinois Truck Crash Deaths Climb by 13% Yet, Congress Ready to…
read moreHelp NHTSA turn car safety around: Our view The Editorial Board, 7:49 p.m. EDT June 15, 2015 Federal watchdog now has the will and the leader needed for change. Congress needs to deliver the way. When the nation’s car safety watchdog fails to do its job, people are killed and maimed. Among the most recent casualties: Kylan Langlinais, of Lafayette,…
read moreA dangerous maneuver June 3, 2015, 1:39 PM With truck-involved fatalities on the rise, why would Congress relax safety standards? With the number of fatal accidents involving tractor-trailers on the rise, now would seem like the wrong time to consider relaxing truck safety rules in the United States. Yet that is exactly where Congress appears to be headed — and…
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