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Trucking Safety Summit

Jul 17, 2020 | Events

FMCSA announces a public meeting: “The FMCSA 2020 Trucking Safety
Summit.” This meeting will be held virtually on August 5, 2020, to solicit information on improving the safe operation of property-carrying commercial motor vehicles on our Nation’s roadways.

The virtual meeting will provide interested stakeholders—including
motor carriers, drivers, safety technology developers and users, Federal and State partners, safety advocacy groups—as well as members of the public—an opportunity to share their ideas on improving trucking safety.

The event will be hosted virtually by FMCSA from the U.S. Department of Transportation headquarters building in Washington, D.C.

DATES: The virtual public meeting will be held Wednesday, August 5, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., EDT.

A full agenda of the meeting is available online at
https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety/fmcsa-truck-safety-summit.

Learn more or sign up here.

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