How Americans Lose Their Lives To Lobbyists and Legislators

In a USA Today Op Ed, Joan Claybrook gives Americans a look.“But on highways across the country, large truck crashes continue their mayhem, one crash at a time, community by community. Officials and trucking companies pay little heed — it’s business as usual. Some 330 people are being killed each month and nearly 8,000 are suffering excruciating injuries in accidents involving trucks.”  Seehttp://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/07/21/trucks-big-rigs-congress-transportation-highway-safety-joan-claybrook/30431445/

*  Nearly $4 Trillion in losses can be expected in the six years under this proposed legislation.  More than the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. See http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/812013.pdf *  More Americans will die and be injured in crashes in Red States than in Blue States.  Seehttps://www.careforcrashvictims.com/assets/MonthlyReportforJuly2015final.pdf *  Crash Death statistics for the past decade by State and Congressional district are available at https://www.careforcrashvictims.com/CrashDeathMappingTools.php

Source:  https://www.careforcrashvictims.com/blog-fwdmediaadvoc.php