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Commercial vehicle safetybelt use reaches 72% in ‘08

Published Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced that safety belt use by drivers of medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles increased to 72% in 2008. That is up 7 percentage points from 65% the previous year. The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has an 18-point safety agenda including these safety belt-related recommendations: all states should enact primary safety belt laws; audible reminders for safety belt use in commercial vehicles; contrasting colors for safety belts so law enforcement can quickly identify non-users; state adoption of the failure to wear a safety belt defense; and denial of worker compensation for ...

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