05/18/2009
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"About 5,000 people a year die from crashes involving large trucks. The NTSB estimates that between 30 and 40 percent of these crashes involve fatigue."
"I assume, Dr. Rosekind, with you, that as you described the value of the agency, that you are all committed to making a welcome contribution to how we function."
"Now has the airline industry done enough to ensure that commercial air pilots are well rested, not flying under fatigue conditions?"
"I hope that we are going to demonstrate our seriousness by moving the projects that we have underway that relate directly not just to the Northeast Corridor, but any of the corridors that we might be ..."