03/28/2017
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"So let's put, again, the restart rule aside for a second. You and I, then, both agree that a driver who is driving 80-plus hours a week... is more prone to accidents."
"The evidence from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is that truck accidents are going up in a startling and unfortunate way between 2009 and 2012."
"If truck fatalities are increasing, why is there an attempt to roll back sleep regulations and increase the size of trucks?"
"We know there is a strong correlation, as you admitted in your testimony that these are truck driver mistakes."