Advocates applaud the safety provisions called for in the new highway and transit bill. Included in the legislation: NHTSA is required to issue new rules on rollover and side-impact protection as well as study new technologies to prevent back-over accidents. Beginning in September 2007, crash test results would be posted on window stickers of all new cars.
14,000 independent truckers are suing FedEx Ground; they say the company is skirting federal worker-protection laws. FedEx does not recognize them as employees entitled to full benefits.