ATA's Bold Pinhead Safety Agenda...

covers the following 18 points - read these, then think about them - I'll comment on this "agenda" in a later post. I will say this - you NEVER hear or read anything that the ATA or OOIDA is doing to increase driver compensation. Remember, we're unskilled labor! It's all about these goody-too-shoes, pie-in-the-sky, make the world a Disney-kind of panacea - while wanting drivers to be more like airline pilots and ship captains - without ever paying us for the "real" hours we put in that truck - that's being responsible for the tractor, trailer, the load and public safety. I know that's a mouth full, but it's sure as hell true.

Ten recommendations to improve truck and passenger vehicle driver performance are:
	1.	Policy on the use of non-integrated technologies while the vehicle is in motion
	2.	Policy supporting uniform commercial drivers license (CDL) testing standards
	3.	Support for a CDL graduated licensing study
	4.	Advocate for additional parking facilities for trucks
	5.	Advocate for a national maximum 65mph speed limit
	6.	Pursue strategies to increase the use of seat belts
	7.	Support for a national car-truck driver behavior improvement program
	8.	Support for increased use of red light cameras and automated speed enforcement
	9.	Support for graduated licensing in all states for non-commercial teen drivers
	10.	Support for more stringent laws to reduce drinking and driving.

Three recommendations that focus on making vehicles safer are:
	11.	Support targeted electronic speed governing of certain non-commercial vehicles
	12.	Require electronic speed governing of all large trucks made since 1992
	13.	Advocate for new large truck crashworthiness standards.

Five recommendations that will improve federal oversight are:
	14.	Advocate for a national employer notification system
	15.	Create a federal clearinghouse for positive drug and alcohol test results of CDL holders
	16.	Support a federal registry of certified medical examiners
	17.	Create a policy supporting access to the national Driver Information Resource
	18.	Support for required safety training by new entrant motor carriers.