Honk If You Want a Safe Place for Truckers to Rest

(June 7) -- The nation's truck drivers are honking to demand more rest stops. And U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., is listening. His bill in the House, Jason's Law, would provide $120 million over the next six years to states and local governments to invest in safe parking and rest-stop facilities for commercial truck drivers, who are required by federal law to rest after 11 hours on the road but who often face a lack of adequate infrastructure along the Interstate Highway System.

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