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 Eyes on the Road

Fatal crashes prompt concern over truckers
Two fatal accidents in the past two weeks involving area motorists slamming into parked tractor-trailers have renewed safety concerns about the commercial-trucking industry. READ MORE

Three fatal truck accidents draw national attention
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. READ MORE

Truck Driver Faces 5 Homicide Charges in Bus Crash
EAU CLAIRE — An Indiana semi-truck driver was charged Thursday with five homicide counts in a crash three months ago that killed five and injured others on a bus carrying high school band students home from a weekend competition. READ MORE

Florida Crash Kills 7 Children
LAKE BUTLER, Fla. Jan 25, 2006 (AP) -  Seven children who had been adopted by a single family were killed Wednesday in a fiery crash when their car was crushed between a truck and a stopped school bus in rural northern Florida. READ MORE

Students heard tractor-trailer's horn before fatal crash
Students on a stopped school bus heard the blast from a tractor-trailer's horn just before the rig crashed into a car and pushed it into the bus, killing all seven children in the car, an injured student said Thursday afternoon. READ MORE

Fast-growing county grapples with unsafe trucks
With More Trucks on Roads, County Steps Up Efforts to Catch Unsafe Rigs READ MORE

Big-rig crashes jump 39 percent in S.C.
But the number of officers on patrol remains the same statewide. Commercial vehicle wrecks in South Carolina — like the Marion County crash Sunday that killed four — jumped by nearly 900, or 39 percent, from 2001 through 2004, state accident records show. READ MORE

Victory in Defeating Anti-Truck Safety Amendments!
Thank you for your response to our legislative alert that we sent to you. Last Wednesday, the House of Representatives rejected several anti-truck safety amendments. Expressing your strong opposition to these legislative proposals to roll back truck safety contributed to our successes. READ MORE

Advocates Applauds Congressional Rejections of Anti-Truck Safety Amendments to Surface Transportation Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives today stood up for the nation’s truck drivers and motorists by rejecting dangerous amendments to H.R.3, the Transportation Equity Act, A Legacy for Users. READ MORE

Docket Submission To FMCSA On Younger Commercial Driver Pilot Training Program - May 18, 2001 (DOC)
Submission to the Docket of the U.S. Department ofTransportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. READ MORE

Compliance Pays Off
One of the biggest -- and most persuasive -- myths in trucking is that strict compliance with all the safety rules will cost financially. Some truckers are convinced that following the rules will put them out of business. READ MORE

FMCSA Nixes Younger Driver Pilot Program
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has denied a request by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) to conduct a pilot program that would enable certain drivers between the ages of 18 and 21 to operate commercial motor vehicles (in interstate commerce). READ MORE

GAO Study of the “Share the Road Safely / No Zone” Program Supports Recommendations of Safety Groups for Changes
U.S. General Accounting Office, Truck Safety: Share the Road Safely Program Needs Better Evaluation of Its Initiatives, GAO-03-680, May 2003 READ MORE