The Appalling Rollback of Truck Safety Provisions in the DRIVE Act | Streetsblog USA

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A battle is brewing over the Senate transportation bill’s approach to truck safety. Though large trucks are involved in crashes that kill nearly 4,000 people a year — a number that has grown by 17 percent over the past five years — the DRIVE Act actually rolls back what few protections exist.

The bill would allow longer and heavier tractor-trailers. Trucking companies would be able to double up two 33-foot trailers behind one truck, even in states that have banned such big loads.

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MoBikeFed comment: Bicyclists and pedestrians end up taken an oversized share of every roadway danger--and it's no different with injuries and fatalities caused by heavy trucks.