{"id":40285,"date":"2017-02-22T09:42:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T14:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=40285"},"modified":"2017-02-22T09:42:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T14:42:12","slug":"calls-2-person-crews-response-amphibious-vehicle-fatalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/calls-2-person-crews-response-amphibious-vehicle-fatalities\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls for 2-person crews in response to amphibious vehicle fatalities","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2017\/02\/20\/duck-boats-face-new-scrutiny-after-series-of-fatal-accidents\/\">The Portland Press Herald<\/a>\u00a0reported that as amphibious vehicles (duck boats), designed to traverse land and water, have increased in popularity over the years, so has the number of accidents and fatalities involving these complicated vehicles. \u00a0Advocates for increased safety measures are calling for mandated two-person crews on all duck boats.\u00a0\u00a0Some amphibious vehicle companies have voluntarily \u00a0instated policies that mandate two-person crews at all times. \u00a0Since rail carriers can&#8217;t be counted on to do the same, we need to continue all efforts to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/www.congressweb.com\/smart_transportation\/12\">HR 233.<\/a><br \/>\nRead the complete article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressherald.com\/2017\/02\/20\/duck-boats-face-new-scrutiny-after-series-of-fatal-accidents\/\">here.<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Take just a couple of minutes to contact your legislator in support of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.congressweb.com\/smart_transportation\/12\">HR 233\u00a0&#8211; The Safe Freight Act, <\/a>that includes a two-person crew mandate, by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.congressweb.com\/smart_transportation\/12\">clicking here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Portland Press Herald\u00a0reported that as amphibious vehicles (duck boats), designed to traverse land and water, have increased in popularity over the years, so has the number of accidents and fatalities involving these complicated vehicles. \u00a0Advocates for increased safety measures are calling for mandated two-person crews on all duck boats.\u00a0\u00a0Some amphibious vehicle companies have voluntarily [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":6,"featured_media":25704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44,31,12,9,18,1,25],"tags":[3575,278,3341,3344],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - 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