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Dawn King’s Testimony Before Senate Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety
February 10, 2020Click Here to View Dawn King’s Oral Testimony on Youtube. STATEMENT OF DAWN KING, PRESIDENT, TRUCK SAFETY COALITION (TSC) AND BOARD…
Read MoreCongressional Staff Briefing on Truck Safety Technologies – Automatic Emergency Braking and Heavy Vehicle Speed Limiters
November 21, 2019In case you were unable to join us for Congressional staff briefings on truck safety technologies that we hosted on September…
Read MoreStatement of the Truck Safety Coalition on Release of 2018 Truck Crash Fatalities
October 22, 2019The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) release of the 2018 Fatality Analysis Reporting System data shows that crashes involving at…
Read MoreRelease: Senators Isakson, Coons Introduce Heavy Vehicle Speed Limiter Bill
June 27, 2019Isakson, Coons Introduce Bipartisan Truck Safety Legislation Legislation would codify lifesaving rule that has languished 10 years WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators…
Read MoreNational Work Zone Awareness Week: Truck Safety Coalition (TSC) Remembers Those Killed in Work Zone Crashes Involving a Large Truck; Families Call for Action to Support Automatic Emergency Braking in All Large Trucks and Oppose Teenage Truckers Operating Across State Lines
April 12, 2019Arlington, VA – This National Work Zone Awareness Week, our volunteers remember their loved ones who were killed in fatal work…
Read MoreStatement of the Truck Safety Coalition on S. 569 and H.R. 1374
February 28, 2019The Truck Safety Coalition strongly opposes S.569/H.R.1374, companion bills that would direct Secretary Chao to promulgate a regulation that would permit…
Read MoreStatement of the Truck Safety Coalition, Road Safe America, and the John Lindsay Foundation on the National Transportation Safety Board’s Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements
February 6, 2019The Truck Safety Coalition, Road Safe America, and the John Lindsay Foundation are pleased that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)…
Read MoreGroup Letter to Congress on Automatic Emergency Braking and Speed Limiters
January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 Dear Representative: Imagine if there were solutions that could help save hundreds of lives and prevent thousands of…
Read MoreNational Survey Shows Strong Support for Mandating Speed Limiters and Automatic Emergency Braking on All Large Trucks
October 25, 2018CONTACT: Beth Weaver, 301-814-4088 beth_weaver@verizon.net Arlington, VA (October 25, 2018): The Truck Safety Coalition, which is a partnership between Citizens for…
Read MorePortland Press Herald: Teenagers too young to be trusted behind the wheel of a big truck
July 28, 2018Once again, members of Congress are attempting to let teenagers operate large trucks across state lines. There are clear and compelling…
Read MoreStatement of TSC Opposing Modernizing Agricultural Transportation Act of 2018
June 15, 2018The Truck Safety Coalition (TSC) remains strongly opposed to efforts that will weaken the Hours of Service and Electronic Logging Device…
Read MoreSTATEMENT OF JENNIFER TIERNEY ON “FAST ACT IMPLEMENTATION: MOTOR CARRIER PROVISIONS” BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS AND TRANSIT
May 22, 2018Introduction Good morning Chairman Graves, Ranking Member Norton and Members of the Subcommittee. My name is Jennifer Tierney and I am…
Read MoreWall Street Journal: Longer, Heavier Trucks Are a Serious Hazard
February 13, 2018My own experience informs my serious concerns with making trucks even longer. The public should urge their lawmakers to oppose efforts…
Read MoreTSC Comments on Regulatory Review
December 29, 2017These comments are filed jointly by the Truck Safety Coalition (TSC), Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH), Parents Against Tired…
Read MoreLetter to House T&I Committee Regarding Hearing on “Emerging Technologies in the Trucking Industry”
December 12, 2017December 11, 2017 The Honorable Sam Graves, Chairman The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ranking Member Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Committee…
Read MoreStatement of the Truck Safety Coalition on 2016 Increase in Truck Crash Fatalities
October 10, 2017The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) release of the 2016 Motor Vehicle Crashes: Overview revealed that in 2016, there were…
Read MoreSTATEMENT OF THE TRUCK SAFETY COALITION ON SENATE COMMERCE HEARING ON AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS
September 14, 2017ARLINGTON, VA (September 13, 2017) – The Truck Safety Coalition (TSC) thanks Members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science,…
Read MoreTruck Safety Coalition Opposes Any Attempt to Delay Implementation of Final Rule Requiring Electronic Logging Devices in Large Trucks
July 30, 2017On behalf of truck crash survivors and families who lost loved ones in truck crashes, the Truck Safety Coalition supports the…
Read MoreStatement of the Truck Safety Coalition for the Record – Hearing on: FAST Act Implementation: Improving the Safety of the Nation’s Roads
July 18, 2017Hearing on: FAST Act Implementation: Improving the Safety of the Nation’s Roads Subcommittee on Highways and Transit Committee on Transportation and…
Read MoreSpeed Limiters
May 30, 2017The Truck Safety Coalition (TSC) supports S.2033, The Cullum Owings Large Truck Safe Operating Speed Act of 2019. This bill would require all…
Read MoreElectronic Stability Control
May 30, 2017Federal Mandate in Effect on December 2017 Prevent 40-56 Percent of Rollovers Prevent 1,800-2,300 Crashes Annually Prevent 649-858 Injuries Each Year…
Read MoreAutomatic Emergency Braking
May 23, 2017Despite years of successful use by leading motor carriers and numerous studies concluding AEB improves safety, this technology is not required…
Read MoreMalarczyk Family Video
May 9, 2017[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXI7pBHIcXU[/embedyt]
Read MoreHarlingen woman [Debra Cruz] tries to make difference for truck safety
May 9, 2017By LISA SEISER Editor | Posted: Tuesday, May 9, 2017 8:56 pm HARLINGEN — Nine years ago, her life changed. An…
Read MoreSafety Groups Respond to U.S. DOT IG Rubber Stamping Study on Truck Driver Hours of Service Safety Protections
March 6, 2017Study Created with Pre-Determined Outcome of Failure WASHINGTON, D.C. –Late last week, the Office of the Inspector General (IG) of the…
Read MoreJennifer Tierney: Congress must stop ignoring truck safety
February 20, 2017For more than 30 years, I have been advocating to make trucking safer, since my father, James Mooney, was killed in…
Read MoreDebra Cruz Letter to the Editor – The Monitor
February 17, 2017After I survived a truck crash on Aug. 8, 2008, one of my goals became to reduce the number of deaths…
Read MoreLetter to the editor: Trucks need two safety fixes to prevent highway fatalities
February 6, 2017I was devastated to hear about the recent truck crash in which a 5-year-old boy and his volunteer driver were killed…
Read MoreSenator Schumer Speaks Out in Support of Heavy Vehicle Speed Limiters
October 6, 2016Long Island Expressway (LIE) Speed Limit Is 55MPH But Any Long Islander Can Tell You That Big Rigs, Even Large Buses,…
Read MoreLetter to Secretary Foxx from Rick Watts
October 4, 2016The Honorable Anthony Foxx Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. Washington, D.C. 20590 Dear Secretary Foxx:…
Read MoreMaine Voices: Sen. Collins needs to change her position on trucking safety rules
September 7, 2016As summer winds down, it is time to reflect on the safety of our roads and the hundreds of loved ones…
Read MoreStatement on Announcement of Notice of Proposed Speed Limiter Rule
August 18, 2016Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Requiring Setting of Speed Limiters in Large Trucks to be Released; TSC Encourages Agency to Apply Regulation to…
Read MoreAutomatic Emergency Braking – Prime Time for Regulation
June 24, 2016Written by Jacqueline Gillan, president of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. This is one in a series of periodic guest columns…
Read MoreTwo Dead and One Injured in a Truck Crash in Suwanee County, FL
June 2, 2016On May 12, 2016, at approximately 12:00 p.m., Benjamin Piechoczek, 19, and Jordan Gutheim, 20, were the occupants of a Volvo…
Read MoreRunner hit by a flying tire in Dade County, FL
June 2, 2016On May 23, 2016, approximately 7:30 a.m., a truck driver was driving a tractor-trailer on the Rickenbacker Causeway, when two tires…
Read MoreHealthcare Costs to Employees, Industry Benefits Focus of Final FMCSA/FRA Listening Session
June 1, 2016The final public listening session in Los Angeles, Calif, on the proposed guidelines for obstructive sleep apnea focused on the benefits…
Read MoreOne Man Dead and a Woman Injured due to a Truck Crash in Deuel County, NE
May 25, 2016On May 1, 2016, at approximately, 1:25 a.m., Sophia Wooley, 26, and Victor Wooley, 35, were traveling eastbound on I-80 freeway…
Read MoreThree People Dead and a Child in Critical Conditions due to a Truck Crash in Montgomery County, TX
May 25, 2016On April 23, 2016, at approximately 11:00 a.m., a truck driver driving an 18-wheeler was on Texas 105 near South Walker…
Read MoreTruck Driver Killed in a Truck Crash in Riverside County, CA
May 25, 2016On May 11, 2016, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Miguel Rolon, 59, was driving a flatbed tractor-trailer eastbound on I-10, when the…
Read More21 Years Old Man Died after Semi-Truck Slammed into Tractor in Jefferson County, Idaho
May 25, 2016On April 27, 2016, at approximately 4:23 p.m., when McNeil Walker, 21, was driving a John Deere tractor southbound on I-15…
Read MoreOne Woman Dead and One Boy Injured in a Truck Wreck in Fresno County, CA
May 25, 2016On May 16, 2016, at approximately 5:00 p.m., Linda Iverson-Gutierrez was slowing in traffic on CA Highway 99, when a tractor-trailer…
Read MoreHusband and Wife Died in a Truck Crash in Edgar County, IL
May 25, 2016On May 17, 2016, at approximately 11:21 a.m., Clyde Kingery, 82 was traveling northbound on IL Route 49 with his wife,…
Read MoreTwo Dead after Truck Crash in Henry County, KY
May 25, 2016On April 12, 2016, at approximately 4:00 a.m., the driver, identified as Jordan Mefford, 23, and his girlfriend, Jacqueline Hayes, 26,…
Read MoreMan riding Farm Tractor Killed by a Large Truck in Christian County, KY
May 25, 2016On April 27, 2016, at approximately 2:17 p.m., Jerry Williams, 43, was driving a farm tractor westbound on U.S. Highway 68…
Read MoreChicago Public School Teacher Killed in a Truck Crash in Cook County, IL
May 25, 2016On April 30, 2016, at approximately 10:00 a.m., Jeffery Komada, 54, was driving on I-294 when he he came upon a…
Read MoreTwo People Killed in Richland County Truck Wreck
May 25, 2016On March 31, 2016 at approximately 4:40 p.m., James Peagler, 80 and his sister, Jonell Peagler Weatherly, 78 were driving a…
Read MoreTwo Dead in a Tractor Trailer Wreck in Pulaski County, AR
May 25, 2016On May 15, 2016, at approximately 11:40 p.m., Willetta Reaves, 40, and Danny Hollis, 51 were traveling eastbound on I-40, when…
Read MoreOne person dead, Two Injured in a Three Vehicle Truck Crash in Windom County, Vermont
May 25, 2016On April 26, 2016, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Dean Tkaczyk, 54, was driving northbound on Vermont Route 30 when her vehicle…
Read MoreFive People Injured and One dead in a Truck Crash in Lee County, FL
May 25, 2016On May 16, 2016, a truck driver was driving a tractor-trailer northbound on Summerlin Road in Fort Myers, when traffic ahead…
Read MoreElderly Woman Injured in Ambulance after Logging Truck Crash in Gulf County, Florida
May 25, 2016On April 26, 2016, at approximately 12:00 p.m., a truck driver was driving an unloaded logging truck on eastbound U.S. Highway…
Read MoreOne Man Dead after Semi-Truck Crashed into a Motel in El Paso, Texas
May 25, 2016On May 6, 2016, at approximately 10:15 a.m., a truck driver was driving a tractor-trailer eastbound on I-10, when he lost…
Read MoreTDOT Employee Killed in Truck Crash, Hickman County, TN
May 25, 2016On April 28, 2016, at approximately 9:40 a.m., a worker with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), David Younger, 65, was…
Read MoreMotorcyclist Killed in a Truck Wreck in Wagoner County, OK
May 25, 2016On May 3, 2016, at approximately 6:40 a.m., Daniel Childress, 34, was riding his motorcycle eastbound on U.S. Highway 412, when…
Read MoreFive Women Injured in a Truck Crash in Porter County, IN
May 25, 2016On May 11, 2016, at approximately 11:50 p.m., a semi-truck driver was driving northbound on highway 49 when he came upon…
Read MoreTwo in Critical Conditions after a Truck Wreck in Fresno, California
May 25, 2016On May 3, 2016, at approximately 10:00 a.m., a truck driver was driving a tractor-trailer southbound on Highway 41 when he…
Read MoreA Davis Man Died on I-80 Truck Wreck in Contra Costa County, CA
May 25, 2016On April 21, 2016, at approximately 3:22 a.m., when Angela Valenzuela, 25 had to stop on I-80 freeway due to an…
Read MoreCrash between a Pickup Truck and Semi-truck End One Man’s life in La Porte, County in Indiana
May 25, 2016On April 27, 2016, at approximately 10:15 a.m., Andrew Bladecki, 80 was driving his pickup truck westbound on IN Highway 2…
Read MoreOne Dead, Two Seriously Injured in a Truck Crash in Kyle, Texas
May 13, 2016On April 8, 2016 at approximately 12:00 a.m., three men were driving a pickup truck on the southbound lane of Interstate…
Read MoreOne Man Dead after a Truck Wreck in Wells County, IN.
April 26, 2016On April 18, 2016, at approximately 3:15 p.m., Richard Crull, 64, was riding a farm tractor westbound on Indiana State Road…
Read MoreFrom the Truck Safety Coalition… Semi Crashes in Kansas Work Zone
April 12, 2016A highway worker was providing traffic control with an arrow board in the back of a pick-up truck when he was…
Read MoreFrom the Truck Safety Coalition … 1 Killed, 1 Injured in Michigan Work Zone Truck Crash
April 12, 2016In Michigan, two road workers were installing a highway sign at 5 p.m when a they were struck by a truck….
Read MoreFrom the Truck Safety Coalition… 10 Year Old Girl Survives After She Was Hit by a Box Truck
April 12, 2016After stepping off of the school bus and crossing the street, 10 year old, Olivia Walter, was struck by a box…
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