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Trucking policies encourage speeding, endanger children
In 2005, 11 children were killed, on foot or bicycle, by motor vehicles in Travis County, the highest number in 10 years.
Austin,TX,USA Austin American-Statesman (subscription), by Marcia Zwilling -Sept 15, 2006: -- When 10-year-old Autumn Daily from Pleasant Valley Elementary School was killed last year by an 18-wheeler, officials asked, "Could this death have been prevented?"... Last month, a similar tragedy was in the making... The same type of truck that killed Autumn was speeding through my neighborhood's 35 mph zone — headed, ironically, to the excavation site of a new elementary school on Nuckols Crossing Road... David Greear, traffic engineer with Travis County, went to the school site and spoke to representatives of VRW Construction, asking them to redirect traffic to adjacent Slaughter Lane, a four-lane divided highway with a 55 mph speed limit... Our neighborhood apparently is winning the battle against dangerous trucks, and we urge the city, county and state Legislature to develop laws that would protect other neighborhoods in Texas... Ending the pay-per load policy would be a good start...
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