On May 4, 2014, the first anniversary of the devastating truck crash that claimed the lives of AnnaLeah and Mary Karth, Marianne and Jerry Karth and six family members will begin their journey from Rocky Mount, North Carolina to Washington, D.C. The Karth family will hand deliver their “AnnaLeah and Mary Stand Up for Truck Safety” petition to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Administer Anne Ferro and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Acting Administrator David Friedman on Monday, May 5. The Karth family, including Marianne and Jerry Karth, parents, Rocky Mount, NC, Isaac Karth, brother, Rocky Mount, NC, Peter Karth, brother, Midland, Texas, Danelle Karth, sister-in-law, Midland, Texas, Susanna Karth, sister, Rocky Mount, NC, Marcus Karth, nephew, Midland, Texas and Vanessa Karth, niece, Midland, Texas, will then meet with Administrator Ferro and Acting Administrator Friedman to discuss the truck safety issues that likely contributed to their family’s crash. The Karth family’s agenda for the meeting follows.
The Karth Family requests Secretary Foxx to take the following actions:
- Minimum Liability Insurance Limits for Truck Drivers: We are respectively requesting that, effective immediately, the minimum liability insurance limit be raised to $3.2 million and indexed yearly to the Medical CPI costs which are listed on page 11 of the FMCSA report (http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/sites/fmcsa.dot.gov/files/docs/Financial-Responsibility-Requirements-Report-Enclosure-FINAL-April%202014.pdf ).
- Rear Underride Guards: We are requesting, effective immediately, that the DOT—for the present—adopt the Canadian standard for rear underride guards and that DOT continue to study the situation, as we are well aware of a trailer manufacturer which has gone beyond these standards and “raised the safety bar.”
- Electronic Logging Devices: We request immediate progress on rule-making for electronic logging devices, as driver fatigue is a very real concern. It is, in fact, a life and death matter. Please expedite this process as quickly as possible.
Issue Fact Sheets
- 2014 Truck Safety Issues Summary (PDF Download)
- Underride: Rear/Front/Side Guards (PDF Download)
- Truck Driver Fatigue (PDF Download)
- Minimum Insurance Levels for Motor Carriers Need to be Increased (PDF Download)
Photo’s
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- Mary Karth
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- Collage of Mary Karth
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- Anna Leah Karth
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- Collage of Anna Leah Karth
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- Karth Crash
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- Karth Crash
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- Karth Crash
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- Anna Leah and Mary Karth
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- Back Row: Caleb, Peter holding Vanessa, Jerry, AnnaLeah, Isaac, Naomi, Samuel. Front Row: Levi, Susanna, Danelle, Marcus in front of her, Marianne, Rebekah, Mary
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- Karth family with 10,000 petitions outside U.S. DOT before their meeting
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- Marianne, Isaac and Jerry Karth on Capitol Hill after their meeting with Congressman Cartwright’s office
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- Marianne and Jerry Karth deliver the petitions to FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro
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- Marianne and Jerry Karth are interviewed at NBC studios
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