Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Who Benefits From Tort Reform? Criminals!

  Mark Bello | October 06, 2011 8:53 AM | 2 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI

  Last week, a truck driver pleaded guilty to 15 counts of falsifying his log books to conceal that he was driving in excess of the lawful number of allowable driving hours without the required rest...

• Drowsy Truck Driver Runs off the Road in North Carolina (NC)

  Kevin Duffan | October 03, 2011 7:31 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  The dangers of drowsiness in truck drivers were again highlighted when a North Carolina (NC) dump truck driver ran off the road and into a ditch. The truck driver from Kinston, NC, survived a number...

• Are Trucking Companies allowing drivers with Sleep Apnea on the road?

  David Bernstein | October 03, 2011 5:17 PM | 3 CommentsNorman, OK

  In May of 2010, John and Wanda Lindsay were stopped in traffic in a construction zone on Interstate 30 near Texarkana when a semi-truck crashed into the back of their vehicle. John died as a result...

• A Story Well Told Nearly Doubles Settlement Offer

  Michael Lewis | September 29, 2011 10:27 AM | 1 CommentWinston-Salem, NC

  After a video documentary chronicles an elderly widower’s post-crash life, offer climbs close to $1 million. Along a stretch of highway in Western North Carolina, two old soul mates sat...

• Should Semi-Truck Drivers Be Banned From Using Cell Phones While Driving?

  M. Brandon Smith | September 29, 2011 8:27 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA

  In March of 2010 a semi-truck traveling through Kentucky on Interstate 65 crossed the median and into the lanes of oncoming traffic, striking a 15-passenger van. 11 people died in the accident....

• Distracted Driving May Have Led To Deadly Semi - Train Collision

  Brett Emison | September 22, 2011 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  The Bangor Daily News has reported that the driver of a semi truck that collided with an Amtrak Downeaster passenger train in North Berwick may have been distracted by using a mobile phone. It...

• Semi Crash on I-4 Caused by Sleepy Trucker

  Mike Damaso | September 21, 2011 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Another Central Florida crash on Interstate 4 was reported this morning in the Orlando Sentinel, this time as a result of a tired trucker. The sentinel reports that a “sleepy driver” was...

• Round up: Safety Advice

  Mike Bryant | September 20, 2011 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  As always I am on the look out for great safety information. A couple of the writers I follow all the time had some good stuff: - From the Injuryboard: Greg Webb reminds us that it's Child...

• Trucker Fatigue Prompts For a New Federal Safety Law

  Orman Kimbrough, Jr. | September 08, 2011 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Federal regulators say that trucker fatigue is causing fatal accidents, even as the number of fatal truck crashes has dropped in recent years after a major overhaul of rules that took effect in...

• Electronic Discovery Puts Focus On Safety In Trucking Accidents

  Brett Emison | September 07, 2011 11:25 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Overdrive Magazine - the premier magazine for leased owner-operators and independent owner-operator truck drivers - featured an article last week, A novel 'hot load' strategy, focusing on electronic...