Traffic is backed up for miles and several people have been seriously injured.
This unfortunate scenario could occur more often in communities across America if several proposals recently floated on Capitol Hill ever become law. Reducing the federal motor fuels excises would have the perverse effect of retarding road safety and efficiency improvements that benefit truckers and the motoring public alike. It would also rob the nation of air quality benefits that accrue from less congested and well-maintained highways. Both proposals are simply bad public policy. Federal law earmarks this revenue to surface transportation improvements.