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Feb 5, 2015

* USA: Trucking's safety investments are working

* DC - ATA's Industry Exec said to Congress 


-- In testimony today before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation’s subcommittee on surface transportation, the American Trucking Associations (ATA) told the Congressional panel that its industry is proud of the difference the estimated $7 billion in safety-related investment has made in reducing crashes and fatalities on the nation’s highways... Jim Mullen, executive vice president and general counsel of Werner Enterprises, speaking on behalf of the ATA said, “These investments in safety have yielded impressive dividends for the industry. Over the past decade, the number of large truck-related fatalities has dropped 21 percent and the large truck fatality rate has dropped 37 percent. These voluntary measures include the adoption of emerging crash prevention technology such as forward collision warning and lane departure devices... However, he called on the federal government to do more to focus on the primary causes of crashes in order to build on trucking’s already strong safety record. Among the solutions Mullen told Congress the government should consider were:
 * Advancing a long awaited rule requiring the use of speed limiters on large trucks
 * Shifting from a vehicle-centric roadside inspection enforcement model to a more effective model centered on on-road traffic enforcement and driver behavior
 * Incentives for the use of crash avoidance technology like lane departure warning systems and forward collision warning systems
 * Timely publication of a strong and appropriate mandate for electronic logging devices
 * Developing robust driver training rules focusing on performance and comprehension, not hours of education
 * Reworking the Compliance, Safety, Accountability system to better focus on truly high-risk carriers, specifically by re-examining the role of crash data in CSA scores
 * Congress must carefully monitor the ongoing studies of the suspended changes to the hours-of-service restart rules. 
Washington,DC,USA -Trucking News -January 29, 2015

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