Tag: highway safety
US Conference of Mayors Resolution on Commercial Truck Safety applauded by Road Safe America
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Road Safe America applauds the passage of a resolution on commercial trucking by the U.S. Conference of Mayors at their 83rd Annual Meeting today. Over 4,000 motorists die annually in HCV involved crashes and over 100,000 are injured.
Road Safe America President Steve Owings Urges DOT to Improve U.S. Commercial Truck Safety
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- NEWS: Road Safe America President and Co-Founder Steve Owings on Thursday urged leaders of the nation's cities to energize their efforts to have the U.S. Department of Transportation expedite a rule requiring the country's heaviest commercial tractor-trailers to set their speed governors (limiters) at 65 MPH or slower.