FMCSA focusing on drivers - Truckers' Trucking Forum

rookietrucker · **^ Top** #1 07.01.2009

FMCSA focusing on drivers, agency's safety director says

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Trucking safety is affected by the economy, the environment and society, according to Terry Shelton, acting chief safety director of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Shelton – speaking Tuesday, June 30, at the 2009 CCJ Symposium at the Ross Bridge Resort in Birmingham, Ala. – told attendees that economic recovery, livability, sustainability and safety are the four priorities stressed by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and that the U.S. Department of Transportation is playing a large part in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA); of the $787 billion total investment, $48.1 billion is dedicated to transportation, with $27.5 billion of that going to highways.

Regarding safety, highway fatalities declined 9 percent between 2007 and 2008, Shelton said; specific numbers for commercial fleets during that timeframe aren’t available yet. Shelton said safety belt use by drivers is up, proving that its outreach programs are working, a considerable feat considering there are 700,000 fleets registered by FMCSA, with 40,000 to 50,000 new registrations annually and about 90 percent of those having 10 or fewer trucks.

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old-six-pack · **^ Top** #2 07.02.2009

bs bs bs bs bs bs bs

kajidono · **^ Top** #3 07.03.2009

Yeah, 48.1 billion of that should be going straight to the highways.

danc694u · **^ Top** #4 07.03.2009

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700,000 fleets registered by FMCSA, with 40,000 to 50,000 new registrations annually

Uh ?? How many went out of business over the past year?

And they still got 40-50K new registrations??

Miracles never cease.

kajidono · **^ Top** #5 07.03.2009

Yeah. How many of those are Mexican or Swift?

Working Class Patriot · **^ Top** #6 07.03.2009

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highway fatalities declined 9 percent between 2007 and 2008.......

But they're still not done......
Heck....if there were no OOS's or accidents for the next 20 years they would still find something else to focus on......

Just like a DOT told me....He said he could take a brand new rig off the lot and place it OOS even before it pulled its first load......

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