Image via Wikipedia“Making the nation’s highways safer for all drivers by making truck safety a top national priority is what the Truck Safety Coalition is all about,” said John Lannen, TSC Executive Director. “I am pleased that this Committee is now more balanced with representatives from the safety advocacy community, and we look forward to helping to make some real improvements in motor carrier safety policy.”
Established by Congress in 2006, the MCSAC is charged with providing information, advice and recommendations to the FMCSA on motor carrier safety programs and regulations. The eight new MCSAC members will begin their two-year terms on June 8, 2010. For more details on the other members and upcoming MCSAC public meetings, visit http://mcsac.fmcsa.dot.gov.
“From ideas and concepts concerning truck drivers’ hours-of-service to raising the safety bar for new carriers entering the industry, the members of the MCSAC make an invaluable contribution to the safety mission of our agency,” said FMCSA Administrator Anne S. Ferro. “We welcome our new MCSAC members and look forward to working with the committee to explore new ways to strengthen commercial vehicle safety.”
Jane Mathis, Board Member of Parents Against Tired Truckers, from St. Augustine, Florida, whose son and daughter-in-law were killed in a truck crash returning home from their honeymoon in 2004 said, “I know all too well the tragedy that can happen when truck safety is not the main concern on our roads. I look forward to offering the perspective of a mother whose child’s death could have been prevented had stronger regulations and enforcement been in place to this Committee.
It is a testament to the leadership of the U.S. Department of Transportation and FMCSA that a victim/volunteer has a seat at the table with the industry.”
The Truck Safety Coalition is a partnership between Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH) and Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T) dedicated to reducing death and injury caused by truck-related crashes, providing compassionate support to truck crash survivors and families of truck crash victims, and educating the public, policy-makers and media about truck safety issues.
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