Truck Safety

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• Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety Statement on the Opening of the Southern Border to Mexican-Owned Trucks - November 27, 2002
  

• Advocates Testifies Before House Subcommittee on Truck Safety - July 9, 2002

• NAFTA U.S.-Mexico Truck Decision, Statement by Jerry Donaldson, Senior Research Director, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety - February 12, 2001

• Advocates Condemns NAFTA U.S.-Mexico Truck Decision, Says Ruling is Threat to Safety of America's Motorists - February 7, 2001.

• Hearing on the U.S. Department of Transportation
  Proposed Hours of Service Regulations for Motor Carriers. Statement of Jerry Donaldson,Senior Research Director, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Ground Transportation and Infrastructure - June 22nd 2000

• U.S. Senators, Victims of Tired Truckers, Safety Advocates Warn: DOT Plan to Give Truckers More Continuous Driving Hours Will Increase Highway Death - June 20, 2000

• Remarks of Gerald Donaldson, Ph.D., Senior Research Director of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Hours of Service News Conference - June 20, 2000

• Advocates Says Proposal by the U.S. DOT for New Commercial Driver Hours of Service Rule Threatens Safety of Nation's Motorists - April 25, 2000

• Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety Supports a Federal Standard on Retread Truck Tires and Not a Ban on Their Use - October 1, 1998

• Senator John McCain (R-AZ) Honored For Support Of Highway Safety - September 24, 1998

• Nation's Firefighters and Highway Safety Advocates Call On Congress To Just Say "NO" To Dangerous Special Interest "HAZ-MAT" Truck Exemption - July 8, 1998

• Advocates Applauds Senate Vote to Continue Ban on Large Trucks Nationwide - March 11, 1998

• Safety Advocates Praise NHTSA Decision to Require Antilock Braking Systems in Big Trucks - March 8, 1995