U.S. Transportation
Secretary Norman Y. Mineta announces a new national public-private
partnership to combat low safety belt use among the nation's
11 million truck drivers during a press conference, Tues.,
Dec. 9, 2003, in Atlanta, Georgia. At left, Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administrator Annette Sandberg. The announcement
was prompted by a new national study released by the Secretary
that found only 48 percent of all commercial vehicle drivers
wear safety belts. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)
U.S. Transportation
Secretary Norman Y. Mineta, center (sitting), announces a
new national public-private partnership to combat low safety
belt use among the nation's 11 million truck drivers during
a press conference, Tues., Dec. 9, 2003, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mineta signs a partnership pledge to increase safety belt
use by truck drivers with, from left, Owner-Operator Independent
Drivers Association President James Johnston; National Private
Truck Council President and CEO Gary Petty (signing); American
Trucking Associations President and CEO Governor Bill Graves;
Ralph Hamilton, a commercial truck driver for Old Dominion
Freight Line; Mack Collins, Georgia Congressman Mack Collins
(R- District 8); Motor Freight Carriers Association President
and CEO Timothy P. Lynch; Stephen Campbell, executive director
of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance; and Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administrator Annette Sandberg. The announcement
was prompted by a new national study released by the Secretary
that found only 48 percent of all commercial vehicle drivers
wear safety belts. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)
U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta greets truck
drivers after announcing a new national public-private partnership
to combat low safety belt use among the nation's 11 million
truck drivers during a press conference, Tues., Dec. 9, 2003,
in Atlanta, Georgia. The announcement was prompted by a new
national study released by the Secretary that found only 48
percent of all commercial vehicle drivers wear safety belts.
(Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)
Ralph
Hamilton, a commercial truck driver for Old Dominion Freight
Line, buckles up after U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman
Y. Mineta announced a new national public-private partnership
to combat low safety belt use among the nation's 11 million
truck drivers during a press conference, Tues., Dec. 9, 2003,
in Atlanta, Georgia. The announcement was prompted by a new
national study released by the Secretary that found only 48
percent of all commercial vehicle drivers wear safety belts.
(Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)
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