Rep. Cartwright Introduces Legislation to Keep Highways Safe and Protect...
On July 18, 2013, Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-PA) introduced the Safe and Fair Environment on Highways Achieved through Underwriting Levels Act (H.R. 2730) or “A SAFE HAUL.” The SAFE HAUL Act calls for an...
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The AnnaLeah & Mary Karth Petition: STAND UP FOR TRUCK SAFETY
Each year 4,000 people are killed and another 100,000 people are injured in truck crashes. This is an unacceptably high number of losses and injuries, but most people don’t know about these numbers or...
View ArticleFMCSA Report Confirms Minimum Insurance is Too Low
Contact: Beth Weaver 301.814.4088/beth_weaver@verizon.net FMCSA Report Verifies Financial Responsibility Requirement Deficiency Safety Groups and Truck Crash Victims Urge FMCSA To Act Quickly To...
View ArticleKarth Family to Deliver Truck Safety Petition To U.S. DOT
Contact: Beth Weaver beth_weaver@verizon.net 301.814.4088 NORTH CAROLINA FAMILY MARKS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF FATAL TRUCK CRASH THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF THEIR TWO TEENAGE DAUGHTERS Karth Family To...
View ArticleSee How Your Representative Voted: The Daines Amendment
On June 10, 2014, an amendment to the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill,sponsored by Rep. Steve Daines (R-MT), passed by a close vote of 214 to 212. The Daines amendment...
View ArticleTruck Safety Advocates in the News
Two of our volunteers are now featured in two recent articles published by Bloomberg News. In these articles, Marianne Karth and Ed Slattery, speak out about their personal experiences on living after...
View ArticleFMCSA Steps Closer to Correcting Insufficient Minimum Insurance Requirements...
FMCSA STEPS CLOSER TO CORRECTING INSUFFICIENT MINIMUM INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR MOTOR CARRIERS Truck Crash Survivors and Families of Truck Crash Victims Support Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...
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Increase Minimum Insurance Levels for Motor Carriers
Background In 1980, as Congress deregulated the trucking industry, there was great concern regarding the imminent increase in the number of trucking companies that was sure to follow the removal of...
View ArticleSTATEMENT OF TRUCK SAFETY COALITION ON WITHDRAWAL OF ADVANCE NOTICE OF...
STATEMENT OF TRUCK SAFETY COALITION ON WITHDRAWAL OF ADVANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING TO INCREASE MINIMUM FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR MOTOR CARRIERS ARLINGTON, VA (June 2, 2017) – On...
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Truckers Win Fight to Keep Insurance Payouts Low
This article was written by Paul Feldman, is a staff writer at FairWarning, a nonprofit news organization based in Pasadena, California, that focuses on public health, consumer and...
View ArticleThe Truck Safety Coalition Supports the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety...
In 2010 truck crash fatalities increased by almost nine percent, from 3,380 in 2009 to 3,675 in 2010. We support the... The post The Truck Safety Coalition Supports the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety...
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