Online Links

U.S. Department of Transportation http://www.dot.gov/
National Highway Transportation Safety Administration http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
National Highway Transportation Safety Board http://www.ntsb.gov/

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/ or http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/spanish/

• Analysis and Information (A&I) Online http://ai.volpe.dot.gov/
• Licensing and Insurance System http://li-public.fmcsa.dot.gov/
• Motor Carrier Safety Programs http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safetyprogs/saftprogs.htm
• Regulations, Rules and Notices http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rulesregs/fmcsrhome.htm
• Safety Research http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safetyprogs/saftresearch.htm
• Freedom of information Act (FOIA) Resources http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/foia/index.htm

Safety Advocacy and Research

• National survey on high school driver safety - http://www.statefarm.com/about/media/media_releases/teen_drivers.asp

• Also see State Laws Saves Teens http://www.coloradolaw-blog.com/2008/03/state_laws_saves_teens_1.html

• Also see Teenage Death Behind the Wheel http://www.coloradolaw-blog.com/2007/02/teenage_death_behind_the_wheel_1.html

• The Truck Safety Coalition is a partnership between The Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH) Foundation, and Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T) - http://www.trucksafetycoalition.org/

• The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is focused on reducing crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses - http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/

• Also see Deadliest States for Truck Crashes http://www.coloradolaw-blog.com/2007/03/deadliest_states_for_truck_cra_1.html

• Safety and Fitness Electronic Records (SAFER) System http://www.safersys.org/
  • Free access to Carrier Snapshots, a concise electronic record of a carrier's identification, size, commodity information, and safety record, including the safety rating (if any), a roadside out-of-service inspection summary, and crash information. The carrier snapshot is available via an ad-hoc query (one carrier at a time).
• Safety Violation & Consumer Complaint Hotline http://www.1-888-dot-saft.com/
  Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety http://www.saferoads.org/
  American Automobile Association http://www.aaa.com/scripts/WebObjects.dll/ZipCode
  Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways http://www.trucksafety.org/
  Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance http://www.cvsa.org/
• Association of state, provincial and federal officials responsible for the administration and enforcement of motor carrier safety laws in the U.S., Canada and Mexico
• Publications include regulation and procedure handbooks
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety http://www.iihs.org/
• National Sleep Foundation http://www.sleepfoundation.org/
• Parents Against Tired Truckers http://www.patt.org/
• Public Citizen http://www.citizen.org/autosafety/Truck_Safety/
• University of Michigan Trucking Industry Program http://www.umich.edu/~trucking/

Industry Associations and Web Sites

• American Bus Association http://www.buses.org/
• American Moving and Storage Association http://www.moving.org/
• American Trucking Associations, Inc. http://www.truckline.com/
• California Trucking Association http://www.caltrux.org/
• J. J. Keller and Associates Inc. (motor carrier publications and services) http://www.jjkeller.com/
• Trucking Management Inc. (formerly Motor Freight Carriers Association) http://www.mfca.org/
• National Association of Small Trucking Companies http://www.nastc.com/
• National Industrial Transportation League http://www.nitl.org/
• National Private Truck Council http://www.nptc.org/
• National School Transportation Association http://www.schooltrans.com/
• Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association http://www.pmta.org/
• Smith System Driver Improvement Institute, Inc. (training and fleet monitoring) http://www.smith-system.com/index.shtml
• Truck Talk on the Web (portal and message board for truckers) http://www.trucktalk.net/
• The Truck Safety Page http://www.e-z.net/~ts/ts/ts.html
• Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association http://www.ttmanet.org/
• Truck Writers of North America http://www.twna.org/index.htm

Resources for journalists and communicators, including a glossary of trucking terms

• The Trucker (Trucker Publications, Inc) http://www.thetrucker.com/
• United Motorcoach Association http://www.uma.org/