Trucking industry officials say they think training should be required first, before requiring drivers to install new technology that hasn’t been tested in the real world.
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson from Georgia introduced the Safe Roads Act of 2015 that, if passed, would require all commercial motor vehicles to have automatic braking systems.
Johnson believes the technology could have saved the lives of five Georgia Southern University nursing students who died in a wreck with a tractor-trailer in April.
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