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TRUCKERS' SAFETY * USA - Independent Truckers Lag on Seat Belt Use
This week, the American Trucking Associations highlighted its work to increase truckers' belt use
Washington,DC,USA -OHS online -Aug 12, 2009: -- The good news is that seat belt use by commercial drivers rose to an all-time high of 72 percent last year. The bad news? Only 62 percent for independent owner-operators, and only 61 percent of the passengers of commercial motor vehicles wear seat belts, the American Trucking Associations noted this week... The figures come from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's 2008 survey, this is the logo of FMCSA's Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Belt Partnership, when then-DOT Secretary, Norman Mineta, created FMCSA's Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Belt Partnership in 2003, a survey indicated only 48 percent of truck drivers wore their seat belts... In 2007, truckers' rate for belt use was 65 percent, the survey found, compared to the 82 percent rate that year of passenger vehicle drivers...* Truck inspections aim to make highways safer
Hampton Roads,VA,USA -WVEC TV, by Shannon Sims -August 12, 2009: -- Police are cracking down on truck safety in Hampton Roads in an effort to make highways safer... About a dozen police officers from across the area conducted a motor carrier safety checkpoint Wednesday on Interstate 264 in Virginia Beach... The inspections also crack down on overweight loads. Officers say overweight trucks that haven’t paid for a permit are not contributing money for road maintenance, and heavier loads destroy the roads... During the four-hour checkpoint, officers forced 11 drivers off the highway, instructing them to park their rigs until they could be towed... (SEE VIDEO)
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