U.S. Lawmakers File Bills To Prevent Fatal Truck Crashes

  Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 Source: Kansas City Star

Legislation introduced Tuesday in Washington could help prevent horrific highway crashes by requiring big trucks to have automatic braking systems, its backers say.

The Star reported in a 2018 investigation that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration had failed to mandate changes, such as automatic emergency braking and forward collision warning systems, that over the past two decades might have averted thousands of rear-end truck crashes.

Under legislation introduced Tuesday by Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Georgia, new commercial trucks would be required to have the systems that alert drivers when they are approaching a vehicle, and then automatically slow down the truck if the driver fails to brake.

Members of the Truck Safety Coalition stood with the representatives outside the Capitol on Tuesday to push for the bills.

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