Why are we pushing so hard to get people to sign a Vision Zero petition? What difference would it make anyway? The reason we are devoting our lives to pounding on this door and asking for change is that our daughters may have lost their lives due to the lack of a Vision Zero policy.
A decision which concluded that recommended changes would not be cost effective — in other words, that it would supposedly cost more to implement safety measures than the lives saved would be worth — may have led to lax* underride guard standards. If the best possible protection had been pursued when the regulations were last updated (1996), the trucks on the road today (including the one on the road May 4, 2013) might be much safer to be driving around.
Mary and AnnaLeah might even still be around.
Now what would you want for you and your family and your friends? That’s what I would like to know.
*lax = not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful. synonyms: slack, slipshod, negligent, remiss, careless, heedless, unmindul, slapdash, offhand, casual http://tinyurl.com/qbodwjc
Sign & Share our Vision Zero Petitions:
- http://www.thepetitionsite.com/417/742/234/save-lives-not-dollars-urge-dot-to-adopt-vision-zero-policy/
- https://www.change.org/p/urge-obama-adopt-a-vision-zero-goal-and-sign-an-executive-order-to-save-lives-not-dollars
About This Petition
Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death—about 40,000 people die in crashes each year. The Department of Transportation makes highway safety rules based upon how much safety measures will cost. We are hoping to change that and move toward a Vision Zero safety strategy model with goals of: Zero Deaths, Zero Serious Injuries, Zero Fear of Traffic.
“Towards Zero – There’s no one someone won’t miss.” https://youtu.be/bsyvrkEjoXI
Read more about Vision Zero: https://annaleahmary.com/tag/vision-zero/
Learn more about Underride Research: https://www.fortrucksafety.com/
Establishing a White House Task Force to Achieve a Vision Zero Goal of Crash Death Reduction
