A press conference a couple years ago.
We’re headed to Washington DC today, to attend over the weekend and into next week, the 8th Sorrow to Strength conference. Many of you know that I’m a volunteer for the Truck Safety Coalition, that I’ve been working with them on truck safety issues ever since my dad was killed by a tired trucker in December of 2004.
Every other year a lot of families, all whose lives have been forever changed by truck crashes, meet in DC to provide support to each other and to lobby for safer truck regulation.
Tami, a good friend now, lost multiple members of her family in a truck crash and resulting fire.
It’s hard.
But it’s good too, to reconnect with people we’ve come to know and to meet the new families, fresh in their grief.
At another press conference, fighting double 33 foot trailers.
I’ll let you know more about it next week, if I have time to post, or after we get home if I don’t.
Safety is no accident.
Change Is Hard 
July 11, 2019 at 10:05 am
Sad to think about new families being thrust against their will into this group of yours, but how fortunate they are that there is a group to surround them with comfort. Go get ’em, Dawn!!
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July 18, 2019 at 6:25 pm
It’s certainly a club no one wants to join…but are grateful that it’s there if they must.
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July 11, 2019 at 10:09 am
You do some very important work. It should be completely unnecessary to lose any life in truck (or any car) accidents.
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July 18, 2019 at 6:25 pm
I agree. It was a long 5 days, but very important that we were heard. The work continues at home now.
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July 11, 2019 at 10:30 am
Sending warm thoughts your way.
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July 18, 2019 at 6:25 pm
Thank you for your support!
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July 11, 2019 at 10:33 am
sending you strength and a hug. you have turned a negative into a positive with your work.
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July 18, 2019 at 6:26 pm
It’s a place for me to put my grief. And dad would have done the same for me.
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July 18, 2019 at 6:35 pm
Yes, I can understand that. It is reclaiming power in the face of powerlessness.
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July 12, 2019 at 8:04 am
Dawn, I think about you and your work every time I see a semi. Blessings and encouragement!
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July 18, 2019 at 6:26 pm
That’s one good thing about talking about this…people are more aware and hopefully more careful around big trucks.
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July 12, 2019 at 10:13 am
I wish you well as you continue to help those who need your strength and perspective on this sad, but real, problem. Tender mercies.
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July 18, 2019 at 6:27 pm
Thank you Ally Bean!
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July 12, 2019 at 2:57 pm
Good luck, Dawn. Wishing you strength and moments of peace throughout your trip. Thank you for the work you do.
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July 18, 2019 at 6:27 pm
It went well, even in the heat. The work will continue now at home. Thank you for all your support.
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July 15, 2019 at 12:23 am
I will not make the statement that I know what you (and others) have and are going through because of truck drivers. But you have my prayers and hopes that that your trip brings about good outcomes. I lost my oldest son in a freak industrial accident in 2013 when he was 34 years old (he left behind a wife and three young children). Hugs and blessings to you, Dawn. ♥
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July 18, 2019 at 6:28 pm
I’m so sorry to read about your oldest son. Heartbreaking. Thank you for your support for our work to make our roads safer. Hugs back to you.
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July 17, 2019 at 10:20 pm
Bless you.
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July 18, 2019 at 6:28 pm
Thank you.
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