Kentucky Lifesaver Conference

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Kentucky Lifesaver Conference

• Bradley Scalos, State Programs Manager
• Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
• Frankfort, Kentucky

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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Reduce the number and severity of commercial
vehicle crashes on our highways
Mission
Reduce the commercial vehicle fatality rate to
1.65 per 100 million miles of commercial vehicle
travel by 2008
Safety Goal
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Crash Causation Study

• Drivers behavior
• Other contributing factors in crashes
• Prescription and over-the-counter drugs
• Speeding, inattention, distractions
• Work environment
• Unfamiliarity with the road
• Fatigue

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Decreasing Truck-Related Fatalities
Baseline Fatality Rate (using 1996 Data)
Fatality Rate (per 100 million miles of
commercial vehicle travel)
Actual Fatality Rate
Target Fatality Rate
Goal 1.65 by 2008
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Increasing Commercial Vehicle Miles Traveled
(in 000s)
2008 262,453,000,000 miles
Forecasted Miles Traveled
Actual Miles Traveled
2002 214,530,000,000 miles
1996 182,971,000,000 miles
1988 137,985,000,000 miles
Since 1988, the number of miles travel by
commercial vehicles increased 34 percent. It is
projected to increase 3.4 percent each year.
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Share The Road Safely Program

• Educating drivers about the No-Zones may reduce
  deaths, injuries, and property damage

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Share The Road Safely Program

• Target specific safety messages toward everyone
  who travel on the highway with large trucks and
  buses
• Something for everyone at our website
• Pedestrians
• RV Drivers
• Motorcyclists
• Car Drivers

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Share The Road Safely Coalition

• Public-Private partnership of organizations
• Federal, State, Local Governments
• Insurance and Highway Safety
• Motor Carriers
• Reduce crashes between commercial vehicles and
  others

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CMV Seatbelt Usage

• Introduced in Louisville by DOT in 2005
• To Increase Safety Belt Usage by CMV Drivers

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CMV Seatbelt Usage
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Hours of Service

• Pre 2003 rules dated to late 1930s.
• HOS changes published April 2003
• Public Citizens, et al. v FMCSA
• Congress mandated rules to stand until September
  30, 2005
• HOS changes published August 25, 2005

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Hours of Service

• Rules 10/15 hour rules, with 8 hours rest
• Changes 11/14 hour rules, with 10 hours rest
  and, 34 hour restart provision
• Latest change balances consideration of driver
  and public safety, driver health, costs and
  benefits to the motor carrier industry
• Equivalent of at least 10 hours off-duty

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Hours of Service

• Equivalent Rest
• At least 8 but less than 10 consecutive hours in
  a sleeper berth
• A separate period of at least 2 but less than 10
  consecutive hours either in the sleeper berth or
  off duty, or combination thereof

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Hours of Service

• What are the remaining issues?
• Electronic On-Board Recording Devices
• OOIDA et al. Sleeper Berth Issue
• Public Citizens et al.
• Asked to delay hearings until September or
  October 2006
• Ruling could come around April or May 2007

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Share The Road Safely!

• Questions?
• www.fmcsa.dot.gov
• www.sharetheroadsafely.org