Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
May 9, 2016 Editorial Here’s something you don’t see every day — trucking companies that want to be more tightly regulated. But that’s what happened last week when some of the nation’s motor carriers publicly expressed their concern that the federal government is in danger of allowing truck drivers to be on the road too long. We’ve said it before…
read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Allison Kennedy, 360-281-7033 akennedy@saferoads.org 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 Next Week the U.S. Senate may Debate Transportation Spending Bill that Includes “Tired Trucker” Provision Thursday morning a horrific crash…
read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2016 Contact: Allison Kennedy, 202-408-1711, akennedy@saferoads.org STATEMENT OF CATHY CHASE, VICE PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, ADVOCATES FOR HIGHWAY AND AUTO SAFETY, ON SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE PASSAGE OF DEADLY, DAMAGING AND DESTRUCTIVE “TIRED TRUCKER” PROVISION IN TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS BILL Tomorrow is the One-Year Anniversary of the Truck Crash that Killed 5 Georgia Southern Nursing…
read moreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 20, 2016 Contact: Allison Kennedy, 202-408-1711 akennedy@saferoads.org Senate Appropriators Once Again Cede to Corporate Trucking Lobbyists – Another Rewrite of the Safety Rule on Tired Truckers This Year’s Industry Provision is Broader, Bolder and More Brazen For the Last 3 Years Trucking Industry Lobbyists Have Penned the Legislation on Truck Drivers’ Hours Behind Closed Doors and…
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