June 14, 2016
FMCSA to Require Commercial Truck Passengers to Buckle Up
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Washington – All passengers in large commercial trucks will be required to wear seat belts whenever the vehicles take part in interstate commerce, according to a final rule published June 7 by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
Drivers have long been required by federal rules to wear seat belts. However, no such rule existed for passengers in large trucks. FMCSA cited results from its most recent Seat Belt Usage by Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers survey, which showed that only 73 percent of commercial motor vehicle passengers wore seat belts, compared with 84 percent of CMV drivers.
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