Roadsafe America

About Us

Meet Our Board


Road Safe America is governed by a board of concerned citizens who volunteer their time and talents to research statistics, technology, and trucking regulations around the world and bring that knowledge to bear in educating the public and policy makers as well as seeking common-sense improvements in roadway safety.


Co-Founders


  • Steve Owings
  • Susan Owings

Board of Directors


  • Howell Adams
  • Julie Boggs
  • O. Anderson Currie
  • Robert Dallas
  • Pam Elting
  • David Fitzgerald
  • Sammy Harmon
  • James Hatcher
  • Thomas W. Irick
  • John MacNaughton
  • Jay Mitchell
  • J. Pierce Owings
  • Richard S. Owings
  • Stephen Owings
  • Susan Owings
  • John Power
  • Michael Purser
  • Brian Rogers
  • Thomas Worthy

Advisory Board


  • J. Elisabeth Dobbs
  • Jim Irwin
  • Philip S. Jacobs
  • Sarah Kennedy
  • Rhonda Milner
  • Nancy Rigby
  • Jay R. Smith
  • Mary Yates
  • S. Zachry Young

The drivers of large commercial vehicles, we believe, have at least as much responsibility for the safety of the public as do airline pilots. After all, we buy tickets to voluntarily get on commercial aircraft. However, all of us share the public roadways on a daily basis.
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