News of a truck accident is always worrying. These large vehicles can cause extensive damage, particularly when something goes wrong. Their size and weight can easily crush other vehicles, while their loads may be hazardous and insecure. Furthermore, the aftermath…
Being the victim of a truck accident can be an extremely distressing experience. Any accident can be extremely emotionally and financially taxing, not to mention physically dangerous. However, truck accidents often amplify all these factors due to the sheer size of the…
If you are a driver in Colorado, there is a good chance that you will pass numerous big-rig trucks every week. These vehicles are a common sight on the roads and it is all too easy to overlook the potential…
Readers have likely heard by now of the partial government shutdown due to disagreements over President Obama’s health care law. One aspect of the federal government that will be spared from the shutdown is federal truck safety programs. While other…
The National Transportation Safety Board—the agency responsible for investigating and reporting aviation accidents, ship and marine accidents, railroad accidents, and some types of highway accidents involving motor vehicles—recently completed its investigation of a New Jersey accident that took place last year.…
On Monday, new federal regulations intended to reduce the occurrence of truck accidents caused by driver fatigue were imposed upon commercial carriers. The new regulations will reduce the maximum average workweek for truck drivers from 82 hours to 70 hours and require…
On Wednesday, David Teater of the National Safety Council delivered an important address at the national Fleet Safety Conference in Illinois. The topic of the address was the use of cell phones while driving. Now most of our readers are…
Aurora-based trucking company GD Cars Inc. has recently been ordered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to cease all operations after an investigation revealed that the company failed in numerous areas of safety protocol. The order, which said the…
The Truck Safety Coalition, an advocacy group working to increase safe driving practices in the trucking industry, recently got upset over a report published by the American Trucking Associations. That report, according to the Truck Safety Coalition, essentially attempted to…