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Fwd: URGENT: Response of Safety Groups to Tired Trucker Provision in Continuing Resolution


Fwd: URGENT: Response of Safety Groups to Tired Trucker Provision in Continuing Resolution

December, 2016

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:

Please see the Press Release below on Congressional Action that will result in more deaths and injuries to Americans.

An information resource is the map of all Congressional Districts (114th Congress) with a tally of a decade of vehicle violence deaths in each district over the past decade.  Available to the public athttps://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=e21e612d64654d75943f85a1a6035472

Lou Lombardo

———- Forwarded message ———- From: Cathy Chase <cchase@saferoads.org> Date: Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:02 PM Subject: URGENT: Response of Safety Groups to Tired Trucker Provision in Continuing Resolution To: Cathy Chase <cchase@saferoads.org>

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2016

Contact:

Advocates: Cathy Chase, cchase@saferoads.org, (o) 202-408-1711 or (c) 571-243-7282

CRASH and PATT: John Lannen, jlannen@trucksafety.org, (o) 703-294-6404 or (c) 703-328-5007

 

Statement of Highway, Auto & Truck Safety Groups in Response to Removal of Truck Driver Safety Protections in Continuing Resolution

 

4,067 People Killed in Truck Crashes in 2015, 

Yet Congress is Poised to Pass “Poison Pill” Provision

 

Washington, D.C. – Tonight, the text of the FY 2017 Continuing Resolution (Rules Committee Print 114-70) was released revealing that the Obama truck driver hours of service (HOS) rule will be decimated with the removal of the two safety provisions, a two-consecutive night off requirement and a one-week limitation on the use of the 34-hour restart.  

 

Safety groups responded to this news:

 

Jackie Gillan, president of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Advocates), said, “In a major assault on the safety of families and truck drivers across the country, the House and Senate Republican leaders just delivered special trucking interests an early Christmas present. Language inserted in the year-end government funding bill repeals key safety features of the Obama Administration’s truck driver hours of service rule intended to combat truck driver fatigue.  The Obama rule requires that after a grueling week of 75 or more work hours, truck drivers, who take only the minimum 34-hours off duty between work weeks, must get two consecutive nights of rest during the 34-hour off duty period.  Studies show that nighttime sleep is much more restful than attempts to sleep during daytime. Special interests succeeded in getting this rollback despite the growing problem of truck driver fatigue in the industry, unabated increases in truck crash deaths and injuries, and overwhelming public opposition.  

 

However, none of this mattered to trucking interests and their friends on the House and Senate Appropriations Committee.  This attack on safety comes at a critical time.  Last year, 4,067 people were needlessly killed in crashes involving large trucks, representing an increase of 4 percent from the previous year and a 20 percent increase from 2009.  This is the first time truck crash deaths have exceeded 4,000 since 2008.  Further, preliminary 2015 federal government data shows 116,000 people were injured in crashes involving large trucks — an increase of 57 percent since 2009.  The annual cost to society from crashes involving commercial motor vehicles is estimated to be over $110 billion. 

 

It is simply unthinkable that any industry with such an abysmal safety record and responsible for so many innocent deaths and injuries could actually find so many willing partners in Congress to push their greedy anti-safety agenda.”  

 

Joan Claybrook, Chair of Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH) and former Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, stated, “This action to rip out essential safety protections for hard-working truck drivers who deserve a weekend off for adequate rest and recovery time is yet another example of the grip that corporate trucking interests have on some Members of Congress.  The American public is scared of sharing the road with exhausted and overworked drivers behind the wheel of a big rig and with good reason.  In fatal crashes involving a large truck and a passenger car, 98% of the deaths are the occupants of the car.  The House and Senate Appropriations Committees have held more than 100 congressional hearings this year.  However, the Republican Committee leaders never allowed a single hearing on this important issue. Instead, the repeal of the truck safety provisions was secretly attached to a must pass spending bill because they knew it wouldn’t pass muster.  This action will literally have life and death consequences for truck drivers and all motorists sharing the roads with them.  This ‘tired trucker’ provision has no place in this bill and Congress has no business coddling trucking interests using a backdoor legislative maneuver to circumvent public debate and conceal safety impacts.”

 

Daphne Izer, Founder of Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T.), responded, “Once again, our lawmakers caved to special interests and put everyone who travels our roads at risk by including the “tired trucker” provision in the Continuing Resolution. As a mother who began advocating to make trucking safer after my son Jeff was killed by a truck driver who fell asleep while driving, I am devastated that language to increase the number of hours that truck drivers can drive and work was included in a must-pass bill. This rollback of the Hours of Service rules will do nothing to address the issue of driver fatigue and will certainly not reduce the number of fatigue related crashes. It does, however, show a disregard for the nearly 100,000 people who have been killed in truck crashes since I began working to make trucking safer, and the families like mine who are left to cope with the grief that decisions like these cause.” 

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Senators Warn Public of Safety Reversal by Autonation


Senators Warn Public of Safety Reversal by Autonation

December, 2016

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:

Please see Press Release from Senators who care about preventing needless deaths and injuries.
The public needs to be warned that the nation’s largest new auto dealer has broken its promise to stop selling used vehicles with safety defects.

 

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For Immediate Release

Contact: Maria McElwain (Blumenthal)

(202) 224-6452

Giselle Barry (Markey)

(202) 224-2742

December 6, 2016

 

BLUMENTHAL & MARKEY RESPOND TO AUTONATION DECISION TO RESUME SALES OF “DEADLY” CARS UNDER RECALL

Senators Call on Auto Retailer to Fully Inform

Consumers of Broken Promise

 

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA), authors of the Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act, issued the following statement after AutoNation, Inc. – the nation’s largest new auto retailer – announced that it is reversing its policy to stop selling cars with recalled safety defects until the defective parts are repaired.

 

“AutoNation’s decision to resume the sale of deadly used cars in the wake of this presidential election is deeply troubling, and will lead to tragic consequences on our nation’s roads and highways. After reversing course on its widely-advertised pledge to not sell defective cars, AutoNation now bears the responsibility of informing consumers about its broken promise. The company now has an obligation to publicize its decision to reverse course as widely as its original move towards better safety,” the Senators said. “Unfortunately, until Congress acts to ensure there is a level playing field for used car dealers who want to do the right thing for their customers, we will continue to see cars with deadly defects on our roads. In the wake of this announcement, we plan to double down on efforts to protect consumers from the worry that they might be buying a used car with unrepaired recalls.”‎

 

In 2015, Blumenthal and Markey introduced the Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act, which would require used car dealers to repair any outstanding safety recalls in used automobiles prior to selling or leasing and the Repairing Every Car to Avoid Lost Lives (RECALL) Act that would require owners of vehicles with open safety recalls to be notified and help ensure defects are repaired. The Senators have also urged auto manufacturers to take necessary action to protect consumers after defective parts are identified and recalled.

 

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Lou Lombardo

 

Two Maps of U.S.A. States: Vehicle Death Rates & Electoral College


Two Maps of U.S.A. States: Vehicle Death Rates & Electoral College

December, 2016

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:
State Vehicle Death Rates:
Trump States had the worst motor vehicle fatality rates.

 

Trump State Map Fatalities

Lou Lombardo

 

Another Deadly Failing Grade on the Obama Administration’s Safety Record


Another Deadly Failing Grade on the Obama Administration’s Safety Record

December, 2016

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:

Please see Advocates Release below.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 7, 2016

Contact: Allison Kennedy, 202-408-1711, akennedy@saferoads.org

 

STATEMENT OF PETER KURDOCK,

DIRECTOR OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS

ON RELEASE OF DO-NOTHING

ENTRY-LEVEL DRIVER TRAINING RULE

 

Meaningless Rule Issued by FMCSA Disregards Congressional Mandates, Federal Court Precedent, Experts Convened by the Agency and Common Sense

Rule Only Adds to Agency’s Shameful Legacy of Failing to Issue Effective Training Rule to Advance Safety and Protect the Public

As fatal truck crashes reach levels not seen in years, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has once again shirked its duty to protect truck drivers and the public by issuing a rule that fails to require a minimum number of behind-the-wheel (BTW) training hours for new Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) applicants before sharing the road with American families. The agency’s history of issuing ineffective proposals for CDL training is simply inexcusable when the safety of the motoring public and commercial drivers is at stake.

 

Congress, safety groups and families of truck crash victims have been battling to get the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to act on a CDL training rule for over two decades.  Individuals operating a large commercial motor vehicle (CMV), either a truck weighing as much as 80,000 pounds or a motorcoach full of passengers traveling home for the holidays, need to have some actual BTW training. Currently, the FMCSA requires only 10 hours of classroom instruction with no BTW training requirement.  In 2005, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected a CDL training rule that failed to require BTW hours.  In 2012, Congress directed FMCSA to issue a rule requiring BTW training as part of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21, Pub. L. 112-141).  That same year, FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC), comprised of transportation and safety experts also recommended that the agency require a minimum number of BTW hours as part of any training rule.

 

In 2015, FMCSA convened a group of experts to draft a training rule as part of a Negotiated Rulemaking. All but two members of the group supported a requirement that ensures candidates would receive a minimum amount of BTW training.  The vote was unanimous as to the members of the group representing safety groups, training schools, the motorcoach industry and individual drivers.  The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued earlier this year reflected the consensus reached by the group.  Yet, in a complete reversal, the Final Rule issued today strips the BTW requirement and ignores the consensus reached by experts who have collectively spent decades examining this issue.   

 

The FMCSA’s decision regarding BTW training also ignores established industry practice and defies common sense.  The leading CDL training schools already require that their students complete a minimum number of hours of BTW training.  Numerous states also require that licensed CDL training schools provide a minimum number of BTW hours.  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires candidates seeking a commercial pilot’s license must have accumulated approximately 250 hours of flight time.  Transportation occupations are not alone in requiring that new entrants gain practical experience before earning a license.  Barbers licensed in Virginia must accumulate 490 hours of minimum performances and nail technicians must have 275 hours.  FMCSA, however, believes there should be no minimum hours required to master the difficult job of safely operating a CMV.

 

The agency’s utter failure to once again issue a training rule that will require that CDL applicants gain experience that can only be obtained by actually operating a CMV comes at a critical time.  In 2015, 4,067 people were killed in crashes involving large trucks, representing an increase of 4 percent from the previous year and a 20 percent increase from 2009.  This is the first time truck crash deaths have exceeded 4,000 since 2008.  Further, early release data for 2015 shows that 116,000 people were injured in crashes involving large trucks — an increase of 57 percent since 2009.  The annual cost to society from crashes involving commercial motor vehicles is estimated to be over $110 billion. 

 

The agency has a history of failing the public, and has once again done so by issuing a weak and ineffective rule that will do nothing to advance safety.

 

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Another “Shameful!” failure of the Obama Administration to protect people by working to end vehicle violence.

Watch the DOT Revolving Door.

 

Buyer Beware: Used Cars May Be Under Recall


Buyer Beware: Used Cars May Be Under Recall

December, 2016

Dear Care For Crash Victims Community Members:

People who buy used cars are in danger and put us all in danger thanks to government actions and in-actions.

Excellent articles that can help people thinking of buying used vehicles are being published.

The NY Times reports:

“The public has long been wary of used cars and the claims of roadworthiness by the dealers who sell them. On Friday, the nation’s main advertising regulator issued a ruling that consumer groups complained will give used-car dealers too much leeway in the disclosures they are required to make.

The Federal Trade Commission, in a decision that also drew criticism from some lawmakers, said that General Motors and two big used-car chains could advertise their used vehicles as having been carefully inspected and repaired even if the cars might still be subject to safety recalls for problems that had not been fixed.

The only requirement would be that the dealers must advise buyers that the cars could be subject to recalls and tell them how to determine if they are. There would be no requirement that any recall problems be specified or that any repairs be made.

The ruling follows a succession of high-profile cases in which automakers concealed crucial information from car owners, including General Motors’ failure to disclose a deadly ignition switch flaw, Volkswagen’s misrepresentation of pollution emissions, and Honda’s failure to report potential safety problems for more than a decade.”  See

James R. Hood of Consumer Affairs reports:
“CarMax Inc. and two other major car dealers have admitted they sold used cars with unrepaired safety recalls despite touting the supposed rigor with which they inspect cars before selling them.

The dealers have settled Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges by agreeing to a consent order saying they won’t do it again, but Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) says she’s disappointed with the decision. 
“Cars shouldn’t be sold with open recalls – and they definitely shouldn’t be advertised as safe,” said Schakowsky. “I am very disappointed by the FTC’s decision. Instead of stopping deceptive advertising outright, today’s consent orders still allows used car dealers to use a confusing disclaimer that the vehicle may or may not be under recall while continue to advertise it as ‘certified, pre-owned’ or passing a ‘rigorous safety inspection.’
Schakowsky is sponsoring a bill that would ban the practice.
“I have introduced the Vehicle Safety Improvement Act to end the sale of used cars with open recalls, and I will keep fighting to stop car sellers from putting dangerous vehicles on the road. I urge anyone buying a used car to go to www.safercar.gov and check if there’s a safety recall that the seller isn’t telling you about.””

Jim Gorzelany reports on how recalls records differ among manufacturers :“According to published reports, more than 45 million vehicles that were the subject of safety recalls issued between 2013 and 2015 had yet to be brought in for covered repairs as of summer’s end, 2016.

Virtually every manufacturer large and small has been the subject of a recall in recent years, but some brands fare better than others in this regard. To that end, the statisticians at the car shopping website iSeeCars.com in Boston, Mass., analyzed recall histories going back to 1985 to determine which brands have recalled the lowest percentage of vehicles, relative to those sold in a given year, and which brands’ recalls pose the fewest dire consequences, among other metrics.”  See 

We are all in mortal danger of vehicle violence due to many and repeated corporate and governmental failures to protect us.
Lou Lombardo

 

– CVehicle Violence Harms Us Physically and Fiscally – care For Crash Victims


Vehicle Violence Harms Us Physically and Fiscally

December, 2016

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:
Vehicle violence hurts us in so many ways including our health through the air we breathe, our climate, and our pocketbooks.

Bloomberg reports:

Nov. 30 — Advocates will play up the competitiveness and economic advantages of retaining federal greenhouse gas standards for passenger vehicles in a bid to win support from an incoming Trump administration that has suggested the rules could be scaled back.

Retaining the Environmental Protection Agency’s tailpipe standards, which require vehicle manufacturers to achieve the equivalent of 54.5 miles per gallon on average in model year 2025 if all of the required emissions reductions are met solely through fuel economy improvements, will save cash-strapped consumers money at the gas pump and place American manufacturers on equal footing with their foreign competitors, advocates say.

“If these standard are reduced, it’s his strongest base of support that will be hurt the most,” Jack Gillis, an automotive expert at the Consumer Federation of America, told Bloomberg BNA….

While automakers have so far only sought tweaks to the federal program, rolling back the standards could push some states, particularly California, to pursue their own requirements. That would lead to the sort of patchwork regulatory approach manufacturers sought to avoid with their initial support for the EPA and NHTSA’s joint federal standards.

“The auto companies need to be careful what they wish for,” Dan Becker, director of the Center for Auto Safety’s Safe Climate Campaign, told Bloomberg BNA.

 

Fwd: Letter to U.S. DOT Sec. Foxx on “Tired Trucker” provision in govt spending bill


Fwd: Letter to U.S. DOT Sec. Foxx on “Tired Trucker” provision in govt spending bill

December, 2016

Dear Care for Crash Victims Community Members:

Crash victims and consumer groups ask for help of “Lame Duck” DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx.

It may be too late, but it is nice to see the organization of grieving families raising their voices for safety to protect all of us from future harm.

Let’s help them.

Lou Lombardo

———- Forwarded message ———- From: Cathy Chase <cchase@saferoads.org> Date: Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 1:59 PM Subject: Letter to U.S. DOT Sec. Foxx on “Tired Trucker” provision in govt spending bill To: Cathy Chase <cchase@saferoads.org>

The following (and attached) letter was sent to Secretary Foxx today expressing urgent concern about the “tired trucker” anomaly, which would remove two safety safeguards in the Obama Administration hours of service (HOS) rule, being attached to the government spending bill next week.

Thank you, Cathy

 

 

 

December 2, 2016

 

The Honorable Anthony Foxx

Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE

Washington, D.C.  20590

 

Dear Secretary Foxx:

 

As representatives of the nation’s leading consumer, public health, law enforcement and safety organizations, as well as grieving families whose loved ones were needlessly killed in truck crashes, we are writing to urge you to protect the Obama Administration truck driver hours of service (HOS) rule.  Two critically important safety provisions in the Obama rule are under attack in Congress, and without your leadership and strong opposition, they will be attached to and enacted as part of the government funding bill. 

 

Just recently the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) launched the “Road to Zero” campaign with the goal of ending fatalities on the nation’s roads within the next thirty years.  Your statement on the urgent need for every stakeholder including government to commit to “setting the bar for safety to the highest possible standard” resonated deeply with us.  Now is the time for the Obama Administration to draw a line in the sand and oppose any provisions in the lame duck session that lower the safety bar by repealing and revising truck safety laws and regulations.   

 

Your commitment to bringing down highway deaths and injuries comes at a critical time.  As you are aware, truck crash deaths and injuries are increasing dramatically.  In 2015, 4,067 people died in crashes involving large trucks, the highest number in seven years and a 20 percent increase from 2009.  Additionally, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently released preliminary figures revealing that 116,000 people were injured in large truck crashes. This represents a 57 percent increase since 2009.  Moreover, the economic cost of truck crashes topped $100 billion in 2013, according to the.  No other industry involved in the movement of freight has such an abysmal safety record.  In 2014, according to data from the U.S. DOT, the combined death toll attributed to commercial aviation, rail freight, pipelines and commercial vessels was less than 600 fatalities.

 

A major cause of truck crashes is driver fatigue.  According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), fatigue can be as deadly as alcohol and drug impairment.  Just a few weeks ago the NTSB included reducing fatigue on their 2017-2018 Most Wanted List of transportation safety improvements.  Working and driving hours for truck drivers are already grueling and often more than double the average American work week of 40 hours.  Even in light of this alarming evidence, provisions in the pending Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) bills (H.R. 2577/H.R. 5394) attack and weaken critical protections against fatigued truck driving.  

 

The Senate and House THUD bills contain separate provisions (Sections 131 and132 respectively) that will gut key safety features of the Obama Administration’s hours of service (HOS) rule.  Specifically, the THUD bill seeks to undo a change to the HOS rule adopted by the DOT in 2011.  Prior to making this change, a truck driver who has exhausted his/her maximum driving and working hours in 7 days, had to take just 34 hours off to allow for rest and recovery before beginning to drive again.  Because the so-called “34-hour restart” was significantly less than a full weekend, the 2011 HOS rule issued by the Obama Administration, included a requirement that the 34-hour off duty period cover two consecutive “nights off,” between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m.  This modification was made in order to ensure two nights of quality rest that is compatible with human biorhythms.  Also, the 2011 HOS rule limited drivers to using the 34-hour restart to just once per week. Removing these important safety protections on behalf of trucking interests is dangerous and deadly to the safety of all motorists including truck drivers.

 

The HOS rule was changed by the DOT after extensive review and thorough consideration of 21,000 formal docket comments submitted by the public, truck drivers, motor carriers, law enforcement, safety advocates, medical experts, and trucking industry associations; 6 public listening sessions; review and consideration of 80 sources of scientific research and data; a Regulatory Impact Analysis of nearly 50 scientific sources; 10 years of rulemaking; and, 3 lawsuits. 

Further, Section 134 of the House THUD bill would preempt state laws affording needed meal and rest breaks beyond the federally required 30-minute rest break, for truck drivers operating within their states.  This provision is a threat to the health, safety and protection of workers.  It is aimed at eliminating some of the critical job and labor protections which insure a safe transportation system.

 

When sound science stands in the way of business profits, special trucking interests run to Congress to advance their economic agenda and bypass public scrutiny and government review.  These efforts are especially egregious and unconscionable given the current mortality and morbidity toll on our roadways.  If these provisions were stand-alone bills, subject to oversight by the Congressional Committees of jurisdiction, they would never move forward.  

 

The American public depends on your leadership and commitment to safety to stop these provisions from becoming law.  The “Road to Zero” starts here. 

 

Sincerely, 

 

Jackie Gillan, President

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety 

 

Dominick Stokes, Vice President for Legislative Affairs

Federal Law Enforcement Office Association

 

Steve Owings, Co-Founder

Road Safe America

 

Andrew McGuire, Executive Director

Trauma Foundation

 

John Lannen, Executive Director

Truck Safety Coalition

 

Sally Greenberg, Executive Director

National Consumers League

 

Gary Smith, President

Child Injury Prevention Alliance

 

Laura MacCleery, Vice President

Consumer Policy and Mobilization Consumers Union

 

Wanda Lindsay, Founder

The John Lindsay Foundation

Joan Claybrook, Chair

Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH)

 

Jack Gillis, Director of Public Affairs

Consumer Federation of America

 

Stephen W. Hargarten, M.D., MPH

Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research

 

Ian Weston, MPP, QAS, Executive Director

American Trauma Society

 

Rosemary Shahan, President

Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety 

 

Melissa Wandall, President

National Coalition for Safer Roads

 

Janette Fennell, Founder and President

KidsAndCars.org

 

Daphne Izer, Co-Founder

Parents Against Tired Truckers (PATT)

 

Dawn King

Davisburg, MI

President, Truck Safety Coalition

Board Member, CRASH

Daughter of Bill Badger

Killed in truck crash 12/23/04

 

Jennifer Tierney

Kernersville, NC

Board Member, CRASH

Daughter of James Mooney

Killed in a truck crash 9/20/83

 

Steve Izer

Lisbon, ME                

Board Member, PATT                                                

Father of Jeff Izer

Killed in a truck crash 10/10/93

 

Lisa Shrum

Fayette, MO

Volunteer, Truck Safety Coalition

Daughter of Virginia Baker, Step-daughter of Randy Baker

Killed in a truck crash 10/10/06

 

Nancy Meuleners

Bloomington, MN

Volunteer, Truck Safety Coalition

Injured in a truck crash 12/19/89

 

Ed Slattery 

Lutherville, MD 

Board Member, PATT            

Husband of Susan Slattery

Killed in a truck crash 8/16/10                        

Sons Matthew & Peter Slattery critically injured

 

Kate Brown 

Gurnee, IL

Volunteer, Truck Safety Coalition

Mother of Graham Brown

Injured in a truck crash 5/2/05

 

Jerry Karth

Rocky Mount, NC

Volunteer, Truck Safety Coalition

Founder, AnnaLeah & Mary for Truck Safety

Father of AnnaLeah and Mary Karth

Killed in a truck crash 5/4/13

 

 

 

Frank Wood 

Falls Church, VA

Volunteer, Truck Safety Coalition

Father of Dana Wood

Killed in a truck crash 10/15/02

 

Marchelle Wood 

Falls Church, VA

Volunteer, Truck Safety Coalition

Mother of Dana Wood

Killed in a truck crash 10/15/02

 

Jackie Novak

Edneyville, NC           

Volunteer, Truck Safety Coalition      

Mother of Charles “Chuck” Novak                

Killed in a truck crash 10/24/10

 

Ron Wood

Washington, D.C.

Volunteer, Truck Safety Coalition

Son of Betsy Wood, Brother of Lisa Wood Martin, Uncle of Chance, Brock, and Reid Martin

Killed in a truck crash 9/20/04

 

Cindy Southern

Cleveland, TN

Volunteer, Truck Safety Coalition

Wife of James Whitaker, sister-in-law Anthony Hixon and aunt of Amber Hixon 

Killed in a truck crash 9/18/09

 

Sandra Lance

Chesterfield, VA

Volunteer, Truck Safety Coalition

Mother of Kristen Belair

Killed in a truck crash 8/26/09

 

Alan Dana

Plattsburgh, NY

Volunteer, Truck Safety Coalition

Son of Janet Dana, Uncle of Caitlyn & Lauryn Dana, Brother-in-law of Laurie Dana

Killed in a truck crash 7/19/12

 

Amy Fletcher

Perrysburg, OH 

Volunteer, Truck Safety Coalition

Wife of John Fletcher

Killed in a truck crash 1/24/12