Booker Introduces Bill Calling for Improved Truck Safety Standards

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Recognizing the tragic consequences that truck-related accidents can have, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), introduced the Truck Safety Act, legislation that seeks to modernize truck safety standards on our nation's roadways. Booker is the top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure which has jurisdiction over truck safety.

"Truck drivers work extremely long days to deliver the goods we depend on and keep our economy moving, but too often this comes at the expense of their safety and the safety of other drivers," Sen. Booker said. "We can significantly reduce the number of accidents on our nation's highways by harnessing new technologies, and better protect victims of truck accidents by raising insurance minimums for trucks that haven't changed in over 30 years. The Truck Safety Act will protect all drivers and make our nation's highways safer."

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