More Value Added to MCSAC

Anne Ferro, Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), recently appointed senior officials from the Truck Safety Coalition (TSC) and Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T.) to the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC). John Lannen, TSC Executive Director, and Jane Mathis, Board Member of P.A.T.T., were among the eight new advisory committee members added to the committee. The purpose of MCSAC is to provide advice, information, and recommendations to the FMCSA in regards to motor carrier safety regulations and programs.

“Making the nation’s highways safer for all drivers by making truck safety a top national priority is what the Truck Safety Coalition is all about,” said Lannen. Mathis, whose son and daughter-in-law were killed in a 2004 collision said, “I look forward to offering the perspective of a mother whose child’s death could have been prevented had stronger regulations and enforcement been in place.”

The first meeting with the new MCSAC committee was held on June 8 – 10. Foremost on the agenda was to find ways to prevent distracted driving by commercial motor vehicle operators, with a particular emphasis on in-cab technologies and activities.

Read about the other new MCSAC committee members.
Visit the TSC website.