ARLINGTON, Va. — Mandatory speed limiters, uniform driver testing standards, and red light cameras are just a few suggestions being made by the American Trucking Associations to reduce highway fatalities and improve truck safety in the U.S.

The 18-point plan is designed to improve the performance of both commercial and non-commercial drivers.

"The entire community, from motor carriers to law enforcement to the motoring public and law makers must work in concert to make our highways safe," said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves. "ATA has long pursued a safety agenda. Large truck fatality and injury rates are already at their lowest point since the federal government began reporting the figures three decades ago. But we must continue to raise the bar for safety."

The recommendations were made by ATA’s Safety Task Force and adopted by ATA’s Board of Directors at the annual Management Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans earlier this month.

Recommendations to improve truck and passenger vehicle driver performance include:

Mandating a national speed limit of 65 mph; a policy on the use of non-integrated technologies while the vehicle is in motion; uniform commercial drivers license (CDL) testing standards; additional parking facilities for trucks; strategies to increase the use of seat belts; increased use of red light cameras and automated speed enforcement; and more stringent laws to reduce drinking and driving.

In order to make vehicles safer, ATA is pushing for electronic speed governing of certain non-commercial vehicles and new "large truck crashworthiness" standards.

The lobby group is also advocating better government oversight. Among its suggestions: A national employer notification system and a federal clearinghouse for positive drug and alcohol test results of CDL holders; and a federal registry of certified medical examiners.

For the complete 18-point list, click here.