S.Amdt. 1726

1. Adds SEC. ___. RENTAL TRUCK ACCIDENT STUDY wherever appropriate

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   Inserted: SEC. ___. RENTAL TRUCK ACCIDENT STUDY.

   Inserted: (a) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) Rental equipment.--The term "rental equipment" means any vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less that is made available for rental by a rental truck company.

   Inserted: (2) Rental truck.--The term "rental truck" means a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of between 10,000 and 26,000 pounds that is made available for rental by a rental truck company.

   Inserted: (3) Rental truck company.--The term "rental truck company" means a person or company that is in the business of renting or leasing rental trucks to the public or for private use.

   Inserted: (b) Study.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct a study of the safety of rental trucks during the 7-year period ending on December 31, 2012.

   Inserted: (2) Requirements.--The study conducted under paragraph (1) shall--

   Inserted: (A) identify the number of crashes involving rental trucks or rental equipment occurring during each year of the study and the number of deaths resulting from such crashes during each year;

   Inserted: (B) determine whether the crashes identified under subparagraph (A) were caused by driver error or as a result of vehicle malfunction;

   Inserted: (C) determine the percentage of such crashes resulting from vehicle malfunction that could have been prevented through mandatory vehicle inspections;

   Inserted: (D) evaluate available safety data of fatalities and injuries incurred in crashes involving rental trucks or rental equipment;

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   Inserted: (E) review the sources of available safety data of rental truck use, including police accident reports, consumer complaints, and other sources;

   Inserted: (F) estimate the property damage and costs involved in crashes resulting from rental truck operations;

   Inserted: (G) analyze State and local laws regulating rental truck companies, including safety and inspection requirements;

   Inserted: (H) assess rental truck maintenance programs provided by rental truck companies, including the frequency of rental truck maintenance inspections, and compare such programs with inspection requirements for passenger vehicles and commercial motor vehicles;

   Inserted: (I) include any other information available regarding the safety of rental trucks and rental equipment; and

   Inserted: (J) review any other information that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.

   Inserted: (c) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives that contains--

   Inserted: (1) the findings of the study conducted pursuant to subsection (b); and

   Inserted: (2) any recommendations for legislation that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.

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