Passenger Carrier Committee

Purpose

To ensure an environment free of passenger-carrier crashes on the public highways.

Goals

  • Raise awareness of the unique aspects of passenger-carrier safety issues in all sectors.
  • Update the North American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria as it relates to passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles.
  • Assist the enforcement community in passenger-carrier programs (inspection guidelines, strategies, procedures targeting carrier reviews, etc.).
  • Facilitate communications and activities on passenger-carrier safety issues among governments, carriers, manufacturers and other interested stakeholders.
  • Promote passenger-carrier safety through outreach, education, training and information efforts.
  • Ensure that rules and regulations promote passenger-carrier safety in an efficient and effective manner.
  • Monitor, evaluate and promote new passenger-carrier safety technologies.

Committee Communications

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Committee Voting Members

  • Dyann Prouty, Region I Voting Member, Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities
  • Jonathan B. Nicastro, Region I Voting Member, New York State Department of Transportation
  • Zeina Black, Region I Voting Member, Pennsylvania State Police
  • Abel A. Martinez, Region II Voting Member, Texas Department of Public Safety
  • Adam Heintzelman, Region II Voting Member, Pennsylvania State Police
  • Gregory Handy Jr., Region II Voting Member, Louisiana State Police
  • Jay Huhman, Region III Voting Member, Nebraska State Patrol
  • Kimberly Judge, Region III Voting Member, Indiana State Police
  • Richard “Rich” McCollister, Region III Voting Member, Ohio State Highway Patrol
  • Chris Williams, Region IV Voting Member
  • Craig Weaver, Region IV Voting Member, California Highway Patrol
  • Jason Sharp, Region IV Voting Member, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
  • Bruno Fauteux, Region V Voting Member, SAAQ – Contrôle routier Québec
  • Laurie Hurley, Region V Voting Member, Nova Scotia Department of Public Works
  • Michael Kasprzak, Region V Voting Member, Yukon Highways & Public Works
  • Greg Ross, Local Voting Member, Grapevine Police Department
  • Ben Kopp, Associate Member Voting Member, Hotard Coaches Inc.
  • Ken Presley, Associate Member Voting Member, United Motorcoach Association
  • Rudy Supina, Associate Member Voting Member, DATTCO Inc.