Transportation Industry

Coalition Presses Congress for Action On Safety Technology Tax Incentives

Transport Topics, March, 2008 by McNally, Sean

WASHINGTON - A coalition of law enforcement and equipment manufacturers pressed Congress to act on a bill that would give fleets a tax incentive for purchasing safety technology.

"By providing a tax credit to motor carriers to make it easier for them to purchase safety technology .. . we can encourage more widespread use of these fifesaving technologies and in a shorter period of time," said Steve Campbell, executive director of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.

Representatives of CVSA, along with the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association, said diey met with congressional staff Feb. 25 to push for passage of die Commercial Motor Vehicle Advanced Safety Technology Tax Act of 2007.

That bill, introduced in October by Reps. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)...

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