The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced the names of 25 truck drivers who will participate on a new panel to give the agency an on-the-road perspective on a variety of safety issues.

Drivers on the panel, which the FMCSA announced last fall, are from all sectors of the industry. They will provide feedback to FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC) on issues such as hours-of-service regulations, training, parking and driver experience, according to FMCSA.

Wiley Deck, FMCSA’s Deputy Administrator

“FMCSA believes in listening to our drivers and hearing their concerns directly,” said Wiley Deck, FMCSA’s deputy administrator. “We know that many of the solutions to the challenges we face don’t come from Washington– they come from the hardworking men and women who are behind the wheel all over our nation. This new subcommittee to MCSAC will further help us hear from America’s commercial drivers.”

The panel includes drivers of trailers, straight trucks and motor coaches and haulers of hazardous materials and agricultural products and represents both less-than-truckload and truckload carriers.

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FMCSA Adds Drivers To Safety Panel

Drivers selected to the new safety panel include panel chairman Todd Spencer of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association. Others are:

• Desirée Wood, Real Women in Trucking
• William Bennett III, UPS Freight
• Teddy Cranford, Waste Management of Maryland
• Debra Desiderato, Walkabout Transport
• Douglas Feathers, URS Midwest Inc.
• Steve Fields, YRC Freight
• JoAnne Forbes, MBT Worldwide Inc.
• Gerald Fritts Jr., American Overland Freight
• John Grosvenor, McKiernan Trucking
• Attila Gyorfi, RSP Express Inc.
• Scott Harrison, K Limited Carriers
• Rhonda Hartman, Old Dominion Freight Lines
• Darwin Hershberger, Hershberger Livestock LLC
• Daniel Kobussen, Kobussen Buses Ltd.
• Deb Labree, Castle Transport LLC
• Alphonso Lewis, YRC Freight
• Don Logan, FedEx Freight
• Kellylynn McLaughlin, Schneider National Inc.
• Tina Peterson, Ravenwood Transport
• Stephen Pryor, Greyhound Lines Inc.
• Kevin (Brandy) Russell, Transport America
• Douglas Smith, Ralph Smith Co.
• Kevin Steichen, Steichen Trucking
• Angelique Temple, Atlantic Bulk Carrier

The announcement comes a day after FMCSA announced it had added nine members to its current 16-member Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC), including two motor carriers and four women.