With your help, we can make America's highways safer. A sample letter is below. Please personalize it and send it to the Department of Transportation and the Senate Transportation Committee, whose e-mail addresses are provided below.
Sample Letter
Dear [x],
I am writing in hopes you can play a role in making America's highways safer.
As the driver of a passenger car, I experience the daily danger of speeding trucks bearing down on cars. And I see the frequent news reports about fatal accidents caused because trucks were going so fast, the drivers didn't have time to react when traffic conditions changed rapidly.
The solution I advocate is simple and fair. We need a national requirement that trucks with 10 wheels or more must operate with speed governors limiting their top speed to 68 miles an hour with a $10,000 fine for violators caught with disconnected or non-functioning governors.
Many trucking firms use speed governors, but other firms do not. The proposal requiring trucks to operate with speed governors is endorsed by highway safety experts and will be welcomed by millions of motorists. We need a blanket federal rule.
Your support of this important requirement will literally save thousands of lives each year, while still allowing trucking companies to fill their important role. Please let me know I can count on your support.
Sincerely,
E-Mail Addresses/Contact Forms
U.S. Department of Transportation (form)
U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
- Daniel K Inouve, Hawaii, Chairman, Transportation Subcommittee (form)
- Ted Stevens, Alaska, Vice Chairman, Commerce Committee (form)
- Barbara Boxer, California (form)
- Maria Cantwell, Washington (form)
- Jim DeMint, South Carolina (form)
- Byron Dorgan, North Dakota (contact page)
- John Ensign, Nevada (form)
- Kay Bailey Hutchison, Texas (form)
- John Kerry, Massachusetts (form)
- Frank Lautenberg, New Jersey (form)
- John McCain, Arizona (form)
- Ben Nelson, Nebraska (form)
- Bill Nelson, Florida (form)
- Mark Pryor, Arkansas (form)
- John D Rockefeller IV, West Virginia (form)
- Gordon Smith, Oregon (form)
- Olympia Snowe, Maine (form)
- John Sununu, New Hampshire (form)
- David Vitter, Louisiana (form)
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure:
- James L. Oberstar, Minnesota, Chairman (form)
- Thomas E. Petri, Wisconsin, (form)
- Spencer Bachus, Alabama (contact page)
- Brian Baird, Washington (form)
- Shelley Berkley, Nevada (form)
- Timothy H. Bishop, New York (form)
- Earl Blumenauer, Oregon (form)
- John Boozman, Arkansas (contact page)
- Leonard L. Boswell, Iowa (form)
- Charles W. Boustany Jr., Louisiana (form)
- Corrine Brown, Florida (form)
- Henry E. Brown Jr., South Carolina (form)
- Michael E. Capuano, Massachusetts (form)
- Russ Carnahan, Missouri (form)
- Andre Carson, Indiana (form)
- Ben Chandler, Kentucky (contact page)
- Howard Coble, North Carolina (contact page)
- Jerry F. Costello, Illinois (form)
- Elijah E. Cummings, Maryland (contact page)
- Lincoln Davis, Tennessee (contact page)
- Peter A. DeFazio, Oregon (form)
- Charles W. Dent, Pennsylvania (form)
- Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida (form)
- John J. Duncan Jr., Tennessee (contact page)
- Vernon J. Ehlers, Michigan (contact page)
- Bob Filner, California (contact page)
- Luis G. Fortuno, Puerto Rico (contact page)
- Jim Gerlach, Pennsylvania (contact page)
- Wayne T. Gilchrest, Maryland (form)
- Sam Graves, Missouri (form)
- Robin Hayes, North Carolina (contact page)
- Brian Higgins, New York (form)
- Peter Hoekstra, Michigan (form)
- Tim Holden, Pennsylvania (form)
- Michael M. Honda, California (contact page)
- Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas (form)
- Timothy V. Johnson, Illinois (contact page)
- John R. "Randy" Kuhl Jr., New York (form)
- Rick Larsen, Washington (form)
- Steven C. LaTourette, Ohio (form)
- Frank A. LoBiondo, New Jersey (form)
- Connie Mack, Florida (form)
- Kenny Marchant, Texas (form)
- Jim Matheson, Utah (form)
- John L. Mica, Florida (form)
- Michael H. Michaud, Maine (contact page)
- Gary G. Miller, California (contact page)
- Jerry Moran, Kansas (form)
- Jerrold Nadler, New York (form)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington, D.C. (form)
- Bill Pascrell Jr., New Jersey (form)
- Todd Russell Platts, Pennsylvania (form)
- Ted Poe, Texas (form)
- Jon C. Porter, Nevada (contact page)
- Nick J. Rahall II, West Virginia (form)
- David G. Reichert, Washington (form)
- John T. Salazar, Colorado (contact page)
- Allyson Y. Schwartz, Pennsylvania (form)
- Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania (contact page)
- Ellen O. Tauscher, California (form)
- Gene Taylor, Mississippi (form)
- Anthony D. Weiner, New York (form)
- Lynn A. Westmoreland, Georgia (contact page)