Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Weather NOT the Cause of Accidents During First Winter Storm

  Bret Hanna | October 01, 2009 10:40 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  The first winter storm of the season blew into Utah early yesterday morning, and we have three notable accidents that snarled the commute to show for it. But it does not appear that the cold and...

• Truckers Want an Exemption from No-Texting Laws

  Mark Bello | October 01, 2009 10:55 AM | 3 CommentsVoices

  There has been a great deal of chatter on internet blog sites and in the news media about texting while driving, especially with regard to younger drivers. Nothing could be more dangerous, right?...

• Double Jeopardy - Update

  Truckie D | September 30, 2009 9:55 PM | 0 CommentsVoices

  A news story at: http://www.chippewa.com/articles/2009/09/29/news/doc4ac21e4fed6f2658433102.txt provides some interesting further details about the prosecution of Michael Kozlowski on Federal...

• Obama Appointment for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is Stunning

  Greg Webb | September 30, 2009 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  President Obama made a strange appointment regarding who would become leader of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Although Obama has passed an order stating he would...

• Kentucky Trucking Accident: Was Trucker Fatigue A Factor?

  Brett Emison | September 30, 2009 12:29 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  There was a report today of a fatal semi truck accident in Kentucky that occurred at 3 o'clock in the morning. Although the report did not mention the cause or circumstances of the trucking...

• If You Thought Texting While Driving Was Dangerous...

  Michael Phelan | September 28, 2009 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  What could possibly be more dangerous than a teenager texting while driving? how about the driver of an 18 wheeler tractor trailer truck using a computer keyboard on his lap while driving. Hundreds...

• To Text or Not to Text: As a National Ban Nears, Some Truckers Want Exceptions

  Pierce Egerton | September 28, 2009 2:15 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Truck drivers are responsible for moving millions of tons of cargo back and forth across the USA every year. They work year round. They haul and deliver everything from flip flops to frozen peas...

• Semi and Jeep Collision Sends Elk River Woman To The Hospital

  Mike Bryant | September 26, 2009 5:51 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Friday evening, a Elk River woman was sent to the hospital after the Jeep she was was hit by a Semi truck along Highway 10 in Becker. Both vehicles were traveling westbound near Hancock St which is...

• Charges Filed in Will Rogers Turnpike Pileup that Killed 10

  Jeremy Thurman | September 22, 2009 12:28 PM | 0 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  According to newsok.com the Ottawa County District attorney has filed negligent homicide charges against the driver of the semi. This is a sad situation where the semi driver apparently failed to...

• Update on Trucking Accident That Killed 10 in Oklahoma

  Angel Reyes | September 22, 2009 12:26 PM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  A prosecutor in Miami, Oklahoma, filed negligent homicide charges against Donald Creed, the driver of the 18 wheeler that slammed into a line of stopped cars, killing 10 people, four of whom were...