Steve Williams is the chief executive of Maverick USA and the president of The Alliance for Driver Safety & Security. He said that there are simply too many injuries and deaths on the American highways. The goal should be zero fatalities. Williams identified the following factors that would help reduce deaths in the trucking industry: Better road infrastructure to reduce traffic hazards. Williams didn’t identify whether any of the infrastructure proposals being discussed in the US Congress and by the Biden Administration address this concern. Advanced driver assistance systems. Technology that would help drivers with blind-spot detection and “forward collision alert with automatic emergency braking” will help reduce fatalities. Reducing drunk driving. Too many drivers stop for a few beers or other drinks and then get back into their trucks and onto the highways. Drunk drivers can’t respond to emergencies and often create their own emergency situations. The Alliance for Driver Safety & Security “supports expanding the federal driver Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse database to include drug test failures of all commercial truck drivers, including those who operate delivery trucks and box trucks.” Hair follicle drug testing. Williams said these tests are much more accurate than urine tests for detecting the presence of drugs. “A University of Central Arkansas study found that compared with urine analysis more rigid hair drug testing would remove as many as 300,000 truckers from the profession.” Better law enforcement. Williams says that tougher law enforcement and better education are needed to address distracted driving. Too many truck drivers and non-truck drivers text while driving, talk on the phone while driving, and do other tasks such as eating while driving – that distract the driver from being alert to dangers and being able to respond to those dangers. Distracted drivers don’t have their eyes on the road, their hands on the wheel, and their mind on the traffic conditions. Williams stated, “All the safety technology in the world can’t fix stupid.”