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Apr 18, 2015

SAFETY TRUCKS * USA: Troopers & Trucking working together ...

* Alabama - ... To promote safety

(Vance, ALA -- Alabama State Troopers ride with commercial truckers to as part of the Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks or TACT program)
 -- A spike in accidents is bringing renewed attention to the dangers of 18-wheelers... Big rigs have made headlines recently, from crashes that clog traffic, to accidents like the one that took the life of Montgomery Police Officer David Colley. Despite the negative perception, there are efforts taking place right now to regulate the commercial trucking industry and promote safety on the road... Trucking industry officials and law enforcement will admit commercial vehicles get a bad rap... But as the Alabama Trucking Association points out, it's usually the vehicles trying to get past these semis that are to blame... The Alabama Trucking Association cautions drivers in passenger vehicles to slow down when they are around these commercial vehicles... This week, the Alabama Trucking Association will have an operation with their motor carrier unit, known as the TACT program, Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks, working on-site and addressing issues... 
Montgomery, ALA, USA - WSFA 122, by Kacey Drescher - Apr 16, 2015


 * Pennsylvania - Truck Safety Records. Bill would block truck safety records from public

  --  Truck safety records are currently public. Every single time a truck driver is cited for a safety violation - whether it's for ignoring basic safety maintenance of equipment, disregarding hours of service requirements or reckless driving - the citation is logged into a federal database and made available to the public... The Hazleton-area Republican has introduced legislation that would shield the safety records of the trucking industry from public scrutiny. Barletta contends the system - known as Compliance Safety Accountability (CSA) - is flawed and misinterpreted by users - everyone from federal agencies, local governments, to carriers and manufacturers who may be looking to book a fleet or a charter bus... The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), which has oversight over the trucking/bus industry, uses the database to compute a safety score, which is given to all carriers, regardless of whether it's a 100-truck fleet or a landscaping business with three trucks... Barletta says the current system serves no one - not the trucking industry nor the public - because it does not provide safety records that reflect a company's safety record. His legislation - Safer Trucks and Buses Act would temporarily suspend the publication of safety scores to allow the scoring system to be reformed...
(Photo, Pennsylvania State trooper Brain Livingston issues a citation to a trucker out of Edison, New Jersey for out of date periodic inspection and three under-inflated tires) PENN, USA - Penn Live, by Ivey DeJesus - April 16, 2015

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