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Virginia Rest Stops Press Release

Oberstar Urges Crackdown on Unsafe Trucking Companies

 Eyes on the Road

Coble Family Mission 

Cobles Expecting Triple Blessing After Tragedy

 Cobles Embark on New Mission for Safer Roads

Fatal crashes prompt concern over truckers
Two fatal accidents in the past two weeks involving area motorists slamming into parked tractor-trailers have renewed safety concerns about the commercial-trucking industry. READ MORE

 Three fatal truck accidents draw national attention
Three headline-making fatal truck accidents occurred in a 15-hour period this week, killing 19 people, though one accident may have been caused by a four-wheeler. READ MORE
 

 Truck Driver Faces 5 Homicide Charges in Bus Crash
EAU CLAIRE — An Indiana semi-truck driver was charged Thursday with five homicide counts in a crash three months ago that killed five and injured others on a bus carrying high school band students home from a weekend competition. READ MORE
 

 Florida Crash Kills 7 Children
LAKE BUTLER, Fla. Jan 25, 2006 (AP) -  Seven children who had been adopted by a single family were killed Wednesday in a fiery crash when their car was crushed between a truck and a stopped school bus in rural northern Florida. READ MORE
 

 Students heard tractor-trailer's horn before fatal crash
Students on a stopped school bus heard the blast from a tractor-trailer's horn just before the rig crashed into a car and pushed it into the bus, killing all seven children in the car, an injured student said Thursday afternoon. READ MORE
 

 Victory in Defeating Anti-Truck Safety Amendments!
Thank you for your response to our legislative alert that we sent to you. Last Wednesday, the House of Representatives rejected several anti-truck safety amendments. Expressing your strong opposition to these legislative proposals to roll back truck safety contributed to our successes. READ MORE
 

 Advocates Applauds Congressional Rejections of Anti-Truck Safety Amendments to Surface Transportation Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives today stood up for the nation’s truck drivers and motorists by rejecting dangerous amendments to H.R.3, the Transportation Equity Act, A Legacy for Users. READ MORE

GAO Study of the “Share the Road Safely / No Zone” Program Supports Recommendations of Safety Groups for Changes
U.S. General Accounting Office, Truck Safety: Share the Road Safely Program Needs Better Evaluation of Its Initiatives, GAO-03-680, May 2003 READ MORE