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The Truck Safety Coalition Supports the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Enhancement Act of 2011, S.1950
In 2010 truck crash fatalities increased by almost nine percent, from 3,380 in 2009 to 3,675 in 2010.

We support the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Enhancement Act of 2011, S.1950 and urge Congress to retain the safety improvements therein including:

Improved Registration Requirements for Motor Carriers (Title I): a written proficiency exam for applicant MCs; restrictions on “reincarnated” MCs; evaluating minimum financial responsibility (insurance) requirements; increased penalties for operating without registration; the ability to revoke registration for unsafe operations causing imminent hazard

Improved CMV Safety (Title II): evaluation of crashworthiness standards for CMVs; improving accountability of foreign MCs

Improved Driver Safety (Title III): requiring electronic on board recorders (EOBRs); creation of a safety fitness rating methodology; establishing a National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners; development of a plan for a National Driver Record Notification System; minimum entry-level training requirements for CMV operators, including behind-the-wheel

“Safe Roads Act” (Title IV): establishing a National Clearinghouse for Controlled Substance and Alcohol Test Results of CMV operators
 
Improved Enforcement (Title V): increases penalties for most egregious offenders (out of service and financial penalties)
 
“Compliance, Safety, Accountability” (Title VI): establishes CSA grant program; new entrant safety assurance grant program; border enforcement grant program; high priority grant program
 
“Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act” (Title VII)
 
“Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation” (Title VIII): truck size and weight study including crash frequency and causes on NHS where overweight trucks are permitted, and infrastructure impacts; compilation of existing size and weight exemptions on the NHS
 
“Miscellaneous” (Title IX): study of detention time and HOS violations
 
Fatal Truck Crashes Down in 2009 but There

As the Truck Safety Coalition (TSC) celebrates its 8th year as a partnership between Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T.) and Citizens for Reliable and Safety Highways (CRASH), we are pleased that recently released data by U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) showed a 20% reduction in fatalities in crashes involving large trucks in 2009. This statistic motivates the TSC to continue and enhance its national and statewide advocacy efforts to make more improvements to truck safety regulations and laws. The TSC would like to commend all of our volunteers on their collective efforts to improve truck safety and we encourage Secretary LaHood to continue his efforts to reduce fatalities and injuries on our highways.

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Truck Safety Coalition Officials Named to Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee

ARLINGTON, VA (June 2, 2010)

 
A Watershed truck safety moment
Yesterday at the Sleep Apnea & Trucking Conference
 
TSC Safety Award Release
The Truck Safety Coalition today announced that it awarded its first ever Distinguished Safety Leadership Award to Don Osterberg.
 
Expos
In 2004, an 18-wheeler crossed the median on a highway north of Dallas and collided with two vehicles, killing ten people, including three children - a tragedy that represented but a fraction of the roughly 5,000 Americans who die each year in accidents involving big trucks. However, it was this particular accident that set an investigative team from The Dallas Morning News on a 14 month-long exploration that revealed - among other things - unqualified drivers, dangerous working conditions, lack of safety inspections, and very little oversight of an industry that affects every city in the country.
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Three fatal truck accidents draw national attention

By Jill Dunn

Three headline-making fatal truck accidents occurred in a 15-hour period this week, killing 19 people, though one accident may have been caused by a four-wheeler.
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Truck Driver Faces 5 Homicide Charges in Bus Crash

By ROBERT IMRIE  / Associated Press Wausau Bureau

EAU CLAIRE

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Florida Crash Kills 7 Children

By RON WORD

LAKE BUTLER, Fla. Jan 25, 2006 (AP)
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ADVOCATES APPLAUDS CONGRESSIONAL REJECTIONS

ADVOCATES APPLAUDS CONGRESSIONAL REJECTIONS OF ANTI-TRUCK SAFETY AMENDMENTS TO SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BILL

Rep. Boozman (R-AR) Withdraws Amendment Extending Workday to 16 Hours for Truck Drivers and House Defeats Rep. Conaway (R-TX) Amendment Giving Broad Hours of Service Exemption to Truck Drivers in the Oil and Gas Industries

The U.S. House of Representatives today stood up for the nation
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GAO Study

GAO Study of the

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