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September 2016 | Overdrive | 35 From where you sit, TIME IS MONEY. 888-619-7277 PrePassNow.com TRY IT! WE GUARANTEE YOU'RE GONNA LOVE IT. With no minimum enrollment requirements and no long term contracts, you can try PrePass any time and if you don't love it, you can leave it. The proven solution for bypassing and tolls saves time, fuel and money. WE SUPPORT: Transportation and Boyle Transportation. The Alliance prominently has joined Advocates and CRASH/PATT in op- posing further congressionally directed changes to the hours of service. Likewise, the Alliance joined Advocates recently in fi ling a brief with the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals to express support for FMC- SA as it defends itself against OOIDA's ELD challenge. However, the Trucking Alliance did not join the petition to NHTSA by Advocates, the Truck Safety Coalition and Road Safe to require costly ac- tive-emergency-braking technology on new trucks. While systems commercially available today can do more than just apply the brakes in an emergency, such a premium system with a new-truck (Continued on Page 71) Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety Program service expense: 66% 2011: $1,980,349 2012: $1,710,907 2013: $2,305,976 *2014: $2,166,933 HIGHEST-PAID EMPLOYEES: According to Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety's 2014 IRS Form 990, Pres- ident Jacqueline Gillan received more than $400,000 in compensation and other benefi ts that year. Henry Jasny, vice president and general counsel, as well as its representative on the MCSAC advisory committee to FMCSA, was compensated near the $300,000 level. Around 30 percent of Advocates' annual revenue was devoted to the two individuals. Board member Joan Claybrook Jacqueline Gillan Jeffrey Burns John Lannen THE OVERLAP OF INFLUENCE Board of directors members shared by Advocates, PATT, CRASH in 2014* Among three of the four primary truck safety advocacy groups, a small number of people have overlap- ping interests. "The incest is sort of everywhere," says Todd Spencer, OOIDA executive vice president. Truck Safety Coalition and PATT/CRASH Executive Director John Lannen, in line to become MCSAC chair- man, did not respond to Overdrive queries related to this story. Advocates Co-chairman Executive Director CRASH President Board member Board member Executive Director PATT Secretary Executive Director MEMBERSHIP FEES: While the three other organi- zations shown here categorize the majority of their revenue as contributions, virtually all of Advocates' total revenue in 2014 came from membership dues, according to that year's IRS Form 990 filed by the group. Advocates was founded by automobile insur- ance companies, but its membership also includes, according to its website, "consumer, medical, public health and safety groups." * Total 2014 revenues, including interest: $2,190,662