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Truck Safety Coalition

@trucksafety.bsky.social
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The Truck Safety Coalition is dedicated to reducing the number of deaths and injuries caused by truck-related crashes, providing compassionate support to truck crash survivors and families of truck crash victims. www.trucksafety.org

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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Heavier trucks increase the frequency and severity of crashes. It is lunacy to pursue unleashing heavier trucks in the upcoming Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill. thehill.com/opinion/cong... @thehill.com #trucksafety
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Thank you @usdot.bsky.social OIG for investigating fraudulently issued CDL's. ANYONE who hasn't met the minimum required training to operate an 80,000 truck is a THREAT to everyone on our roads. cdllife.com/2025/six-ind... #trucksafety
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Six indicted in CDL bribery scheme involving Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles workers
Six people have been charged in connection with a bribery scheme that allowed drivers to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL) without undergoing the
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
This devastating Florida crash is yet another tragic example of how critical proper CDL Licensing is in keeping the traveling public safe. ELP has always been a safety issue and should be an OOS violation. www.transportation.gov/briefing-roo... @usdot.bsky.social @secduffy.bsky.social
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
"Driving a truck is hard and challenging work. TSC wants to be sure everyone has had the necessary training to do so safely." #TruckSafety www.overdriveonline.com/life/article...
overdriveonline.com
Truck Safety Coalition calls for new driver training rules, CDL mill crackdown
TSC supports mandating drivers take the CDL tests in the state of their domicile and a minimum behind-the-wheel training hours requirement.
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
This is DANGEROUS. FMCSA needs to implement @NTSB safety recommendation H-24-019 that would require an inalterable AUDIT LOG of all "administrator" edits to an Electronic Logging Device (ELD) www.overdriveonline.com/hours-of-ser... #trucksafety
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
CRASH Board Chair, Jennifer Tierney, speaks out about the Charlotte truck crash that claimed 6 lives over the weekend Side underride guards are desperately needed on the sides of ALL LARGE TRUCKS Enough is Enough!! www.wsoctv.com/news/local/t... #trucksafety @wsoctv.bsky.social
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Truck safety could be addressed as NTSB probes deadly I-485 crash, experts say
“They try to understand and prove why it happened and they’re most important function is to make recommendations.”
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
English Proficiency for Truck Drivers had been and always will be a safety issue, just as demonstrating the knowledge and skills necessary to obtain a CDL is. Thank you for sharing your story Mellissa Dzion ❤️‍🩹 usa.streetsblog.org/2025/07/28/t... #TruckSafety @usa.streetsblog.org
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How Trump is Exploiting a Very Real Trucking Safety Concern to Crack Down on Immigrants — Streetsblog USA
The Trump administration will crack down on truck drivers who don't speak English and the people who give them licenses. Some advocates say that anti-immigrant spin is distracting much broader safety ...
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
What a joke🤦These guys got the Pilot Program they wanted for YEARS, the result? An utter failure. The country doesn't want Teen Truckers...it's UNSAFE & rejected by literally everyone who doesn't stand to make $$$ off kids. www.freightwaves.com/news/atas-pu... #trucksafety
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ATA's push for teen truckers will make capacity glut worse
The trucking industry finds itself mired in one of the most protracted freight recessions on record, a predicament exacerbated by a flood of capacity that
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Thank you, @markey.senate.gov, for submitting TSC's letter to the Hearing Record 🙏 Read TSC's full letter here urging the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee to pursue commonsense reforms to drastically improve truck safety. ⬇️ trucksafety.org/tsc-senate-s... #trucksafety
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Thank you, Senator Lujan for highlighting the unacceptable lack of truck driver drug & alcohol testing following fatal crashes. This will not stand and together, it will get addressed. www.youtube.com/live/44BJVKw...
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
TSC hits the Hill again, this time for a Senate Subcommittee Hearing focused on trucking issues, including safety. We will always be here ensuring the perspective of truck crash victims and survivors is heard and accounted for🫡
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Thank you @klobuchar.senate.gov for focusing on the drastic need for this Administration to increase Motor Carrier Enforcement efforts and transparency at today’s CST Hearing!!
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
TSC is at today’s Senate TSC Administrator Confirmation Hearing for the FMCSA & @NHTSA #TRUCKSAFETY is an issue that must be addressed on the record by these prospective Administrators. Safety requires nothing less.
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
#truth Thank you for stating the obvious!! @nationalconsumers.bsky.social, National Taxpayers Union, & @thehill.com for helping state the obvious thehill.com/opinion/tech... #trucksafety
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
TSC Board Member, Lee Jackson, advocates for NHTSA, FMCSA, USDOT & Secretary Duffy to complete Automatic Emergency Braking rulemaking in the wake of ANOTHER horrific tired trucker crash in Texas that killed 6. www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/t... #trucksafety
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6 killed in massive pileup on I-20
A truck driver is facing five counts of manslaughter in connection with Saturday’s deadly crash on I-20 in Kaufman County.
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
TSC applauds USDOT's audit of non-domiciled Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDLs). Unqualified truck drivers who haven't demonstrated the knowledge or skills to safely operate a CMV are an imminent & dangerous threat to EVERYONE's safety www.transportation.gov/briefing-roo...
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
@usdot.bsky.social announced its decision to withdraw lifesaving Speed Limiter rulemaking, which would have required speed limiters to be used on large trucks. Try to stay safe out there friends, it's harder than ever. www.fmcsa.dot.gov/sites/fmcsa....
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
TSC Board President, Tami Friedrich, testified in the California State Legislature yesterday urging lawmakers to KEEP human safety operators in AV trucks (AB 33). TSC provides the SAFETY FIRST recommendations to reduce truck crash deaths and injuries 🫡
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Kudos to Stoughton Trailers for designing an @iihs-hldi.bsky.social ToughGuard rated rear underride guard for container chassis' 👏👏👏 Rear Underride protections SAVE LIVES and are ALSO needed on ALL Single-Unit Trucks www.freightwaves.com/news/insuran...
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Insurance group approves first container chassis crash guard
An intermodal chassis designed by Stoughton Trailers is the first to meet IIHS’s high standard for underride crash protection.
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
DOT is proposing enforcement changes that cater to the whims of the two-hundredth percent at the expense of safety. 🤯🤯 "The inescapable conclusion is that this is a solution in search of a problem." www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-s... @usdot.bsky.social
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Truck safety group warns of ‘political interference’ danger at DOT
DOT’s proposed new enforcement policy could result in a disincentive to investigate motor carrier violations, according to accident victim advocates.
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Kudos to the FL Attorney General & Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford for prioritizing truck safety and holding public officials accountable who sold CDLs for cash. 👏👏👏 THANK YOU for prioritizing truck safety!! This will undoubtedly save lives. www.overdriveonline.com/life/article...
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8 arrested, $120,000 seized in cash-for-CDL ring: Florida AG
Florida authorities are on the lookout for additional schemes and looking to revoke CDLs from drivers who obtained theirs fraudulently.
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
TSC is so proud to have played a small role in supporting the @bikeleague.org in creating this excellent, new video series promoting Cyclist & Large Truck Safety 🚴👏 Check it out today!!! ⬇️ www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Big Trucks and Bikes: Educational Videos for Truck Drivers - YouTube
Big trucks mean big responsibility in roadway safety, which is why the League of American Bicyclists created this series of educational videos for truck driv...
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
TSC NEEDS sponsors willing to support crash victims for our upcoming Gala and Crash Victim & Survivor Conference!!! Learn more and sponsor today at: www.trucksafety.org/specialevents #trucksafety #savelives #makeadifference
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
TSC mourns the passing of @connolly.house.gov. His authenticity, compassion, and moral leadership were remarkable to witness. His unwavering support for truck crash victims will not be forgotten.
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
BS. These requirements are NOT rigorous This is the 2nd horrific crash by an Amazon affiliated, unsafe third-party carrier in the last 2 mts (see Austin, TX) Amazon can require FAR more of its carriers to prevent deadly crashes. Enough!! tinyurl.com/2ceb98sj @local3news.bsky.social
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
CDL Fraud puts EVERYONE at risk on our roads and CANNOT be tolerated TSC implores the USDOT OIG & US DOJ to fully prosecute those who wantonly violate safety rules for private profit at the expense of roadway safety trucksafety.org/tsc-letter-t...
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
TSC applauds USDOJ & US Attorney Leah Foley for prosecuting the individuals involved in this CDL fraud scheme Unqualified truck drivers are an imminent hazard to public safety. Bad-faith actors who risk lives for bribes MUST face consequences! www.overdriveonline.com/life/article...
overdriveonline.com
CDL tests for bribes: Former Mass. trooper convicted
A former Sergeant with the Massachussets State Police faces decades in jail and more than $1 million in fines after passing "brain dead" CDL applicants in a years-long bribery scheme.
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
TSC is proud to partner with Road to Zero Coalition and work with like-minded organizations to save lives. It was a great opportunity to connect with colleagues at the RTZ annual Spring Meeting.
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Issuing fraudulent CDLs puts EVERYONE on the road at risk. Incredible reporting from @tedsickinger exposes a nearly 1.5 year scheme that resulted in what is believed to be OVER 800 fraudulently-issued CDLs🤯🤯 The USDOT OIG & US DOJ must ACT. www.oregonlive.com/watchdog/202...
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Cash-stuffed envelopes: How unqualified truck drivers hit PNW roads in alleged bribery scheme
Putting unqualified drivers in the seats of 80,000 pound commercial vehicles is "incredibly dangerous," one expert said.
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Understanding & speaking English sufficiently are not new requirements. The root issue is the need to address how poorly trained and underqualified drivers speaking ANY language, including English, obtain CDLs. TSC's full statement on President Trump's EO ➡️: trucksafety.org/truck-driver...
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
TSC can always be counted on to direct the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to take action that is in the best interest of safety. #safetyfirst #trucksafety #savelives
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Check out the latest & greatest from TSC!!! files.constantcontact.com/3b187221801/...
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Did you know that federal law [49 CFR Section 383.51(8)] requires truck drivers to lose their CDL for one year for causing fatalities caused by negligent operation of a CMV? And a lifetime ban for their second offense? This ISN'T happening & the results are deadly. calmatters.org/investigatio...
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License to Kill
The California DMV routinely allows deadly drivers to operate on our roadways, a CalMatters investigation has found.
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
As much as we love Little Debbie snacks as the next person, we don’t think truck drivers and the traveling public should risk their safety to eat them 🤔🤷‍♂️ #safetyfirst Not second… www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-e...
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FMCSA extends trucking company’s sleeper berth exemption - FreightWaves
Despite pushback from safety groups, FMCSA is allowing a private fleet owner to continue its sleeper berth exemption until 2030.
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Truck Safety Coalition @trucksafety.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
More families will suffer horrific and unspeakable tragedies that never should have happened. Let’s just call it the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, safety hasn’t been put in the backseat – it’s been kicked to the curb. wapo.st/3FZ4KUo @washingtonpost.com @iannducanh.bsky.social
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Truck safety enforcement plummets under Trump, data shows
Officials at a truck safety agency have amassed a backlog of cases as they carry out legal reviews in response to directions from the Trump administration.
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