Victims, families ask Congress to tighten regs on big trucks
NBC 4 (video) - Washington, DC

Coalition of parents call for big rig regulation
ABC 7 / News Channel 8 (video) - Washington, DC

Safety advocates fight push for bigger trucks
CNN - National

Widow lobbies for lighter trucks
The Daily World - Aberdeen, WA

Local widow pushing for federal big rig regulations
KOMO - Seattle, WA

Families push truck safety
MSNBC - National

Would larger trucks pose safety hazard?
St. Louis Post Dispatch - St. Louis, MO

Safety groups, families push for smaller trucks
WTOP - Washington, DC

Press Conference - Media Information

Press Conference Video - Part 1 of 2

Press Conference Video - Part 2 of 2

Video of Dr. Kathleen Ellsbury

Video of Jackie Gillan

Video of Joan Claybrook

Press Release

State Rankings by Truck Crash Deaths per 100,000 population

Truck Deaths by State (2003 - 2007)

Lake Research Partners Memo on Truck Size and Weight Survey


Statements
KATHLEEN ELLSBURY, M.D. (Seattle, Washington), widow of University of Washington professor and seismologist Anthony Qamar who was killed October 5, 2005, along with his colleague, when an overloaded logging truck with multiple safety citations lost its load on Highway 101.  The tragedy prompted Dr. Ellsbury to lobby for passage of the Tony Qamar and Daniel Johnson Act to improve motor carrier safety in her state.

DAWN KING (Davisburg, Michigan), whose father, William Badger, was killed December 23, 2004, when a tractor trailer driver fell asleep at the wheel and collided with his car.  Dawn has since joined the Board of Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH) and has participated in its First Response program to assist other grieving truck crash victims.

FRANK and MARCHELLE WOOD (Falls Church, Virginia), whose daughter Dana Wood and her East Carolina University classmate were killed October 15, 2002, when their car was struck and pushed 1,500 feet by a careless trucker with a suspended license who had clocked nine hours of driving that day.

TRACY QUINICHETT (Laurel, Maryland), mother of University of Maryland senior Channing Quinichett who was killed January 21, 2009, when a tire flew off a truck being towed and smashed through her windshield.   Channing was to receive her early childhood education degree from the state university on May 22.  She wanted to be a teacher.