COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, Connecticut, Chairman HENRY M. JACKSON, Washington THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri JOHN GLENN, Ohio JIM SASSER, Tennessee CHARLES H. PERCY, Illinois WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR., Delaware TED STEVENS, Alaska CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland RICHARD A. WEGMAN, Chief Counsel and Staff Director PAUL HOFF, Counsel ELI E. NOBLEMAN, Counsel CLAUDE E. BARFIELD, Professional Staff CLAUDIA T. INGRAM, Professional Staff Member ELLEN S. MILLER, Professional Staff Member JAMES M. GRAHAM, Counsel (Regulatory ETHEL Z. GEISINGER, Special Assistant MARILYN A. HARRIS, Executive Administrator and Professional Staff Member JOHN B. CHILDERS, Chief Counsel to the Minority GOVERNMENTAL EFFICIENCY AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri, Chairman JAMES R. SASSER, Tennessee CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland HADLEY R. ROFF, Staff Director CONTENTS John Snow, Former Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Joan B. Claybrook, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; accompanied by Howard Anderson, Associate Ad- ministrator for Safety, Federal Highway Administration; Robert Kaye, Director, Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety; George Reagle, Special Assist- ant Deputy, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; and Duane Perrin, Safety Standard Engineer, Department of Transportation. Kay Bailey, Acting Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; accompanied by Henry H. Wakeland, Director, Bureau of Plans and Programs; and Frank Taylor, Director, Bureau of Accident Investiga- Forrest Baker, president, Transportation Research and Marketing, Salt Deane Aboudara, Director, Technical and Research Services Department, American Public Transit Association, accompanied by John B. Schnell, E. E. Kynaston, assistant chief, California Highway Patrol_ David A. Sweeney, legislative director, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, accompanied by George H. Mernick, safety and health Page Thomas W. Browne, vice president, United Parcel Service, Greenwich, Conn., representing American Trucking Association, Inc... Donald K. Strout, vice president, maintenance, Wilson Freight Co., Cin- John S. Rodewig, general manager, Brake Division, Eaton Corp.. Thomas L. Glover, director, Product Administration, Engineered Systems John W. Kourik, chief engineer, brake products, Wagner Electric Corp- George D. Green, vice president, Breeze Corps, Inc., Union, N.J.. Susan Ginsburg, safety and health director, Professional Drivers Council, Aboudara, Deane: Testimony. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Supplementary statement by the American Public Transit Association, Chronological review of events regarding the Federal Motor Vehicle Memorandum to selected representatives of ATA, NAMBO, NHTSA, Page 168 176 182 192 196 Letter to Docket Section, National Highway Safety Administration, from B. R. Stokes, executive director, American Public Transit Association, December 23, 1974__ Memorandum to APTA transit system members from John B. Schnell, 206 208 Detroit street railways experience and April 26, 1974 meeting with Testimony of George Heinle, operations manager, Southern California Testimony given before the National Highway Transportation Safety 215 218 222 226 228 233 Testimony of John J. Gilhooley, chairman president, Transport of 241 245 Chronology of events-FMVSS No. 121. 248 Letter to Elwood T. Driver, Chief, Office of Crash Avoidance, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, from John B. Schnell, manager of research, American Public Transit Association, March 11, 1976 251 Letter to 40-foot transit bus manufacturers from John B. Schnell, 252 Letter to FMVSS No. 121 brake antilock device manufacturers from 253 Letter from C. I. Giuliana, Director of Maintenance, Mass Transit Thomas J. Bernard, The Flxible Co., Delaware, Ohio... 254 E. R. Stokel, GMC Truck & Coach Division, General Motors 256 258 J. J. Killinger, AM General Corp.. Letter to C. I. Giuliana, Director of Maintenance, Mass Transit 260 261 263 "Truckers: Drink, Fatigue Menace," from the Chicago Tribune, "Semi-trucks Called Rolling 'Time Bombs,' man, from the Sun-Telegram, October 16, 1977.. "The Unsafe Trucks: Who is Responsible?" by Jeannine Guttman. "Drivers Hesitant To Complain," by Jeannine Guttman___. "Raising Hell on the Highways," by Robert Sherrill, from the "Anti-Jackknife," by D. A. Hough, Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Base, St. Louis, and G. G. Walters, District Safety Officer, Second Coast Guard District, from Coast Guard Supplement to oral testimony on December 7, 1977----- Prepared statement.. 434 An overview of the compatibility problems between Norman and 444 Testimony before House Committee on Interstate and Foreign 454 Remarks before NHTSA public meeting held in Washington, 461 Wilson Freight Co.: Quantities of accidents per month.. 352 White, John C.: Testimony. 383 "The Battle of the Brake Law," reprinted from Heavy Duty 387 403 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SUPPLIED FOR THE HEARING RECORD Statement of Hon. Dan Marriott, a Representative in Congress from the 612 Letter to Senator Williams, Jr., from Acting Comptroller General of the 615 Prepared statement of David O. Rupert, transportation manager, Austin 621 Letter to Joan Claybrook, Department of Transportation, from David O. 627 Testimony of David O. Rupert before Truck and Bus Safety Subcommittee of the House, March 17, 1977.. 629 Driver's accident report _ . 643 Letter with enclosures to Senator Eagleton from Paul T. Stalknecht, administrative assistant to president, New Jersey Motor Truck Association, December 13, 1977. 646 Letter with attachments to Senator Eagleton from Berkley C. Sweet, president, Truck Body & Equipment Association, Inc., December 2, 1977.. 662 |