03/08/2010
https://www.congress.gov...
"[e]very year for the past decade, nearly, 5,000 people died and 125,000 were injured in crashes with a large truck. That's nearly 14 people a day, or 14 families torn apart by horrible, and often avoi..."
"When this process is over, we cannot wind up with the same flawed regulations that the last Administration designed."
"I pointed out that fatalities occur each and every day. That is common knowledge."
"SHIPA will stop the relentless cycle of demands and pressure imposed on the states by the trucking interests for increased tractor-trailer lengths."