The Bridges Not Bumpers Act aims to enhance safety for commercial drivers by ensuring GPS devices provide accurate bridge height information and promoting awareness of bridge strikes. This is important to prevent accidents and improve road safety.
1. This bill requires GPS devices to include bridge height information for drivers. 2. It creates a working group to improve data sharing about bridge clearances. 3. The bill promotes education to prevent bridge strikes by commercial vehicles. 4. It establishes a national database for tracking bridge and tunnel strikes. 5. The bill allocates $5 million for research on improving roadway safety.
Commercial truck drivers and companies that rent large vehicles will benefit from clearer height information.