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LaHood Reaffirms Distracted Driving Commitment – How much ‘fudging’ will be involved?
In an analysis of 7,000 crashes released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in 2010 concluded that 30% involved some type of distraction but found that of 14 sources of distraction in a car, texting while driving was … Continue reading
Posted in conservative trucking Tagged car, Commitment, deadly epidemic, Driving, flame retardant, hans device, highway traffic safety, interesting fact, nascar drivers, national highway traffic, national highway traffic safety, national highway traffic safety administration, national highway traffic safety administration nhtsa, national nonprofit organization, NHTSA, phone, Race Cars, Ray LaHood, safety, safety agenda, Safeway, texting, traffic safety administration, Transportation Secretary, will ray 1 Comment
Crackdown On Speeding Tractor Trailers Opinionator Wants Split Speed Limit
I read today at the chattanoogan.com news opinion section about how the Tennessee Highway Patrol was cracking-down on tractor-trailers all across Tennessee. The reason was that many accidents have occurred involving tractor-trailers. Their comments were that they were checking for … Continue reading
Posted in Truck Driver Industry Tagged Automobiles, brakes, car, car driver, city judge, com, Crackdown, Drinks, drug use, highways, law, mph, piggy back, preventive law, speed, speed limit, speed limits, Tennessee Highway Patrol, thp, Tractor trailer accidents, tractor trailers, Travel Trailers, trucker, trucks, vicinity 1 Comment
Some Food For Thought – Concerning Truck Related Accidents
I have recently been seeing lots of truck vs car related accidents showing up in the news. I especially am keeping an eye on these accidents as it seems everybody and their brother is just looking for another excuse to … Continue reading
Posted in trucking news Tagged accident, car, car crash, car drivers, delivery vehicles, many different ways, medical physician, person, safety advocates, small cars, suicide attempts, trailer, way 1 Comment
Trains vs Trucks – Which is Safer
Theoretically speaking trains should be safer to transport freight than trucks, just because of the numbers – there are more trucks on the road meaning there will be more accidents. But, when you look at the volume of material being … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged car, car times, Kentucky, kindergarten school, rail, SCHOOL, Southern Ohio, tanker, tanker cars, tanker trucks, train, truck, trucks and trains Leave a comment
Silly Rules Imposed on Truckers but not on Car Drivers
Have you ever thought about the silly rules that truckers have imposed on them? I have, and some are asinine. Why is a truck driver limited to eleven hours of driving, and only fourteen hours of work per day? Or … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged accident, car, driver, driver distractions, eleven hours, FMCSA, fourteen hours, silly rules, truck, vehicle 1 Comment
Trucker was Tired and Watching Porn in Fatal Accident
An accident happened last month on the NY Thruway. This would not be eye catching or really interesting except for those involved, but what the cause of this accident makes it interesting to everybody. The driver of the car that … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged accident, car, driver, drugs and alcohol, NY, ny thruway, qualcomm, rest area, road, truck, Truck Drivers 2 Comments
Is the RailRoad the answer to today’s Trucking problems?
There has been a lot of talk about having the railroad to deliver more freight because it is safer and more efficient. How could it be more efficient for a train to deliver freight? I really don’t see how it … Continue reading
Tractor-trailer driver rams a car containing two adults and two children
State troopers say a man driving a tractor-trailer hauling a load of kerosene rammed a car that wouldn’t move out of his way Thursday afternoon eastbound on the Thruway near Utica. After the car pulled off the road, the truck … Continue reading
Posted in Truck Driver Industry Tagged car, Carlos Perez, driver, Earlton, Geneva, Herkimer, Herkimer County, herkimer county jail, James Hunt, N.Y., Police, reckless endangerment, Ronald J. Constable, Thruway, truck Leave a comment