Mead Urges Congress to Take 'Hammer Approach' to Truck Safety

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general was back on Capitol Hill Thursday, urging Congress to completely remodel the federal government’s trucking safety program.

Testifying at a March 18 House Ground Transportation Subcommittee hearing, inspector general Kenneth Mead said tougher enforcement by the Federal Highway Administration’s Motor Carrier and Highway Safety Business Unit is needed.

"You need to use the hammer approach," he said.

FHWA’s effort to improve safety by stressing education and other collaborative efforts with trucking is not working, according to Mead.

For the full story, see the March 22 print edition of Transport Topics. Subscribe today.