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Sources of Help or suspended for certain highway safety code violations Public support activities include the holding of hearings in connection with proposed routes and other major projects The administration's National Highway Safety Bureau runs a national highway safety program designed tofa,)reduce the occurrence of highway crashes, (b) reduce the seventy of injuries m such crashes as do occur, and (c) improve survivability and injury recovery by better post-crash measures This bureau issues Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Stand ards, which prescnbe safety features and level of safetv-related performance that must be met on all new motor vehicles, and correction of defects uncovered after distri bution of the vehicles The bureau promulgates standards for up grading highway safety programs in the 50 states through the improvement of dnver and pedestnan performance, dnver education and examination, accidentmvestigation, reporting and recording system, traffic control and regu lation, vehicle codes and laws, and registra tion, operation and inspection, highway design and maintenance, and correction of hazardous conditions at high accident loca tions A field staff is maintained at the ten regional offices of the Federal Highway Administration This staff assists states in implementing the program standards pro mulgated by the bureau The Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety, exercising the motor vehicle safety functions formerly vested in the Interstate Commerce Commission, has jurisdiction over the safety performance of commercial motor carriers engaged m interstate or foreign commerce Field investigators and inspectors check on dnver qualifications and hours of road service, investigate truck and bus accidents, make earner terminal and vehicle inspections, and conduct investigations The bureau has a continuing safety education campaign, holds demonstration clinics, and works with motor earners and insurance companies It has junsdiction over the safe movement of dangerous cargoes (explosives, flammables, and other hazardous matenals) over the nation's highways Federal Railroad Administration, Sixth and D Sts SW , Washington, D C 20591, handles the railroad and pipeline safety activities that were formerly under the junsdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission The administration supports rail transportation activities, provides a unified national policy for rail transportation, and conducts research in improved rail transportation It also oper ates The Alaska Railroad The Bureau of Railroad Safety has authority over the transportation of explosives and other hazardous articles, locomotive inspection, regulation of safety equipment and brake systems, automatic tram control devices, railroad accident investigations and reports, hours of service of train employees, signal inspection and investigation, inspec tion of mail cars, regulation of pipelines (other than those carrying water and natural gas), and awarding of medals of honor (to those "who endanger their own lives in saving, or attempting to save, lives from wrecks, disasters, or grave accidents on rail roads or highways") The Office of High Speed Ground Trans portation (formerly under the Secretary of Commerce) (a) coordinates research, devel opment, and demonstration m highspeed ground transportation, and (b) plans compre hensive intercity transportation The Office of Policy and Program Analysis formulates national rail transportation policy, and evaluates existing and proposed rail transportation and safety systems General Services Administration Federal Supply Service, Office of Standards and Quality Control Eighteenth and F Sts NW , Washington, D C 20405 This administration formulates specifi cations on safety equipment to be procured by the government Many of the specifi cations are used by industry, especially those on items not covered bv other standards These Federal Specifications and Stand ards covering safety apparel mav be obtained from this office L-F-36t, Fate'.hicld, Industrial CG-G-531a, Goggles and Spectacles, All-Plastic (Industrial) HH-G450b, Cloves, Cloth (Asbestos) HH-M-391c, Mittens, Cloth, Asbestos (Leather Reinforced) JJ-B-160, Belts, Safety, Industrial (Safety-Body- Padhamess) 352