National Safety Council

Trucking, safety groups line up against anti-speed limiter bill

WASHINGTON — An owner-operator-backed bill aimed at preventing a speed mandate for trucks is getting heavy pushback from safety groups aligning with small-business trucking’s big-business competition.

A coalition that includes Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, the Truck Safety Coalition, the National Safety Council (NSC) and Road Safe America are lobbying lawmakers to oppose the Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen Wheelers Act, known as the DRIVE Act, which was...

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ATRI: A trucker who crashes once is at high risk for another

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With near record-setting truck crashes, research shows that the handful of drivers convicted of failing to obey warning lights are 243% more likely to crash in the future. 

Other forms of reckless driving more than doubled the likelihood of another accident. That’s according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s “Predicting Truck Crash Involvement: 2022 Update” released Tuesday.

A total of 4,965 people died in large-truck crashes in 2020, according to the National Safety Council....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/atri-a-trucker-who-crashes-once-is-at-high-risk-for-another

Truck Talk: Safety sells edition

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This week, we’re looking at some impressive outcomes from truck safety technology; a couple of dump truck developments (because dump trucks are cool) and the definition of a pre-order.

This stuff really works

Daimler Trucks North America was the first to show off limited hands-free driving in its 2020 model Cascadia flagship. The suite of technologies included active braking, active lane...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-talk-safety-sells-edition

FMCSA to request safety data on last-mile delivery

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will be taking a long look at last-mile delivery trucks’ involvement in crashes, given trends revealing a jump in the use of such vehicles in interstate commerce.

Commenting on those plans following a presentation on small-truck crashes during the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC) meeting on Monday, FMCSA Associate Administrator for Policy Larry Minor said MCSAC will be calling on nine companies that have large fleets...

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