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House lawmakers introduce bill to combat freight fraud

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill to crack down on scam freight brokers and trucking companies is receiving rare, near-unanimous support from all sectors of the industry.

The Household Goods Shipping Consumer Protection Act, introduced by Democratic Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington’s nonvoting delegate in the House, and Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Miss., targets fraudulent actors in the household goods sector.

However, new, stricter registration requirements and enforcement provisions in the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/house-lawmakers-introduce-bill-to-combat-freight-fraud

House, Senate lawmakers introduce road-crash victim bill

WASHINGTON — Marianne Karth lost two daughters in a truck crash 11 years ago and has been on a mission since then to get regulators in Washington to step up oversight of truck safety so that other parents can avoid her trauma.

A major development in that quest was the introduction last week of identical bills in the U.S. House and Senate to establish a career (not politically appointed) victim advocate position within the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The goal is to ensure that concerns from...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/house-senate-lawmakers-introduce-road-crash-victim-bill

Daimler Trucks adds safety equipment as truck-related crash deaths fall

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is adding three safety features that could build on preliminary federal statistics that showed truck-related crash deaths fell last year while passenger car fatalities increased.

The new features for the Detroit Assurance suite of safety systems add more automation to trucking in speed control and braking. 

The advances coincided with preliminary 2020 crash data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that showed truck-related crash...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/daimler-trucks-adds-safety-equipment-as-truck-related-crash-deaths-fall

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