Harry Adler

Co-Founder of the Institute for Safer Trucking (@_SaferTrucking)
@AmericanU | MPA from @NYUWagner | #NY #DC | Opinions/Tweets are My Own | RT ≠ Endorsement

[Harry Adler @Harry_Adler]

Dexter and Cynthia are new to truck #safety advocacy, but you wouldn’t know it. They were incredibly effective advocates at @_SaferTrucking first #roundtable. So proud of them for sharing their stories and educating lawmakers about data driven solutions for #safertrucking

[Institute for Safer Trucking @_SaferTrucking]

These advocates lost loved ones in large truck crashes. They came to share their stories and educate Members of #Congress about safety solutions so other families don’t have to endure what they have gone through. #safertrucking #roundtable

[Harry Adler @Harry_Adler]

4,965 people were killed in large #truck crashes in 2020 in the U.S.

If you, a loved one, or someone you know was harmed in a truck crash, please reach out to @_SaferTrucking. We can help!

[Institute for Safer Trucking @_SaferTrucking]

IST just released state fact sheets for the most recent year of available data (2020) on fatal truck crashes.
Visit our website to learn more about what happened in your state. #safertrucking #data
https://t.co/bd7Ny5i8W9

[Institute for Safer Trucking @_SaferTrucking]

Do NOT Text While Driving.
#distracteddriving is dangerous driving.
#DDAM #DistractedDrivingAwarenessMonth #safertrucking

@USDOT @SecretaryPete @FMCSA @NHTSAgov
https://t.co/bOJk75oXj0

[Harry Adler @Harry_Adler]

Big thanks to @RepMondaire @RepHankJohnson and @EleanorNorton for co-sponsoring this long-overdue change that could make #trucking safer!

[Institute for Safer Trucking @_SaferTrucking]

Guaranteeing trucker overtime pay will help retain experienced and safer truck drivers. This will improve safety for everyone on our roads. @_safertrucking supports this long overdue safety solution. https://t.co/ms2el6Iqx4

[Harry Adler @Harry_Adler]

This is also a safety issue! Guaranteeing overtime pay for #truckers will help improve retention. Retaining experienced truck drivers will help reduce crashes. #safertrucking

Thank you @RepAndyLevin and @Congressman_JVD for leading on this #bipartisan legislation.

[Rep. Andy Levin @RepAndyLevin]

The Fair Labor Standards Act exempts many truck drivers from overtime protections. That’s why I introduced the bipartisan Guaranteeing Overtime for (GOT) Truckers Act to repeal the exemption. It’s obvious: truckers deserve fair compensation for their hours worked.

[Institute for Safer Trucking @_SaferTrucking]

One in four fatal work zone crashes involved at least one large truck in 2020. National Work Zone Awareness Week reminds us that Work Zones are a Sign to Slow Down. #NWZAW #Orange4Safety #safertrucking

[Harry Adler @Harry_Adler]

The @FMCSA hasn’t had a Senate confirmed Administrator in nearly 2.5 years!

According to the most recently available data, more than 12,000 people were killed in large #truck crashes in the U.S. over a 2.5 year period.

The #Senate should confirm @rchonthego ASAP.
#safertrucking

[Institute for Safer Trucking @_SaferTrucking]

We urge the U.S. Senate to swiftly confirm Robin Hutcheson as the next FMCSA Administrator. https://t.co/Jv26SxywZm

[Harry Adler @Harry_Adler]

If we’ve talked over the last 7 years, I’ve probably mentioned most of these issues.

I wasn’t as funny as @iamjohnoliver but the message is the same: Better pay and treatment of #truckers will improve #retention which will result in #safertrucking

https://t.co/InaEbnl2GT

[Institute for Safer Trucking @_SaferTrucking]

This piece on #trucks from @LastWeekTonight is on point.
Unpaid detention time and predatory lease purchase agreements diminish truck safety. So does the overtime exemption for truck drivers and lack of truck driver parking. #safertrucking
https://t.co/ZDK9ZIMHNP

[Harry Adler @Harry_Adler]

Great article by @AlanAdler at @FreightWaves.

The Institute for Safer Trucking (@_SaferTrucking) supports the use automatic emergency braking, speed limiters, and other technologies to reduces instances of tire blow outs on large trucks.
https://t.co/Ut1aKjpezr

[Institute for Safer Trucking @_SaferTrucking]

Thank you @RepCohen and @SenGillibrand for leading this bicameral letter calling on @USDOT to swiftly execute provisions in the bipartisan #Infrastructure package to address preventable deaths and injuries created by #Underride crashes. #safertrucking
https://t.co/1aNlCPrU4r

[Harry Adler @Harry_Adler]

“Secure Your Load as if everyone you love is driving in the car behind you.” - Robin Abel. #safertrucking

[Institute for Safer Trucking @_SaferTrucking]

Check out this guest post by Robin Abel on the importance of Securing Your Load. #safertrucking https://t.co/jFg11yp9Ym

[Harry Adler @Harry_Adler]

Don’t drive with damaged rear underride guards. It’s dangerous and it could be deadly. #safertrucking #underride #maintenance

[Harry Adler @Harry_Adler]

4,965 truck crash fatalities in 2020.

We can be doing so much more to save lives.
We should improve #underride protections, require speed limiters be set on large trucks, and raise the minimum insurance for interstate motor carriers.

We need #safertrucking

[Institute for Safer Trucking @_SaferTrucking]

According to @NHTSAgov data released today, 4,965 people were killed in large truck crashes in 2020. We must prioritize safety policies to make our roads safer. #safertrucking https://t.co/uUaMmIP0fY

[Harry Adler @Harry_Adler]

These are great first steps but setting speed limiters on large trucks was absent from the "Safer Speeds" section of the NRSS.
@SecretaryPete most trucks have been built with speed limiter technology since the late 1990s. This is an immediate solution. https://t.co/kb6ImfjpWD

[Institute for Safer Trucking @_SaferTrucking]

Thanks to @SecretaryPete for including two key actions in the @USDOT National Roadway Safety Strategy: AEB for heavy trucks & upgrades to rear impact guards for new semi-trailers. #safertrucking #AEB #technology

[Harry Adler @Harry_Adler]

Side guards prevent injuries and save lives. @_SaferTrucking supports installing side guards to make garbage trucks safer. @MaryandAnnaLeah @durso_lois @EricHein17

[Institute for Safer Trucking @_SaferTrucking]

New Report Outlines Actions to Reduce Collisions with Commercial Garbage Trucks https://t.co/4RgsfM7eXk

[Institute for Safer Trucking @_SaferTrucking]

New Report Outlines Actions to Reduce Collisions with Commercial Garbage Trucks https://t.co/4RgsfM7eXk

[Institute for Safer Trucking @_SaferTrucking]

Jessica Balsizer of Gibsonburg, Ohio was a teenager in 2018 when her family was killed in a truck crash. Read their memorial in the new Safer Trucking report at https://t.co/YpqPMk1Qfr

[Harry Adler @Harry_Adler]

@KimKardashian This is only part of the injustice... the trucking company only had a $750,000 insurance policy, the required minimum.

Please also remember to say the names of those killed in this preventable crash:

Miguel Angel Lamas Arellano
William Bailey
Doyle Harrison
Stanley Politano

[Institute for Safer Trucking @_SaferTrucking]

Truck crash fatalities have increased dramatically over the last decade-with more than 5,000 people killed in 2019. Learn more about fatal truck crash trends, factors & recommendations in the new Safer Trucking Report at: https://t.co/sYxX3kRYPg. @NHTSAgov @FMCSA