A proposed bill in Connecticut legislature will create a “Slow Down to Get Around” law if passed, a report by Hartford Business says. The state would be 13th to create such a law.
According to the report, the bill is sponsored by Rep. Mitch Bolinsky, R-Newtown and is supported by the Connecticut chapter of the Washington-based National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA), who started the campaign.
According to the NWRA website, The Slow Down to Get Around program was developed by the NWRA with waste haulers Rumpke, Cincinnati, and the McNeilus Companies, a manufacturer of collection trucks headquartered in Dodge Center, Minnesota, after two accidents involving motorists and collection trucks.
With the Slow Down to Get Around program, motorists are encouraged to slow down around waste and recycling trucks when actively engaged in making collections when safety lights are flashing, similar to cautions motorists must now exercise when traveling through a construction work zone or when passing a stopped public safety vehicle, according to the association.
According to federal data, the waste and recycling sector ranks at the fifth most dangerous job in the U.S., Hartford Business says. Refuse and recyclable material collectors had a fatal work injury rate of 33 per 100,000 full-time employees in 2015.
No more results found. According to the report, the bill is sponsored by Rep. Mitch Bolinsky, R-Newtown and is supported by the Connecticut chapter of the Washington-based National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA), who started the campaign.
According to the NWRA website, The Slow Down to Get Around program was developed by the NWRA with waste haulers Rumpke, Cincinnati, and the McNeilus Companies, a manufacturer of collection trucks headquartered in Dodge Center, Minnesota, after two accidents involving motorists and collection trucks.
With the Slow Down to Get Around program, motorists are encouraged to slow down around waste and recycling trucks when actively engaged in making collections when safety lights are flashing, similar to cautions motorists must now exercise when traveling through a construction work zone or when passing a stopped public safety vehicle, according to the association.
According to federal data, the waste and recycling sector ranks at the fifth most dangerous job in the U.S., Hartford Business says. Refuse and recyclable material collectors had a fatal work injury rate of 33 per 100,000 full-time employees in 2015.