Posts tagged trucking accidents

• Fire Truck Collides With School Bus on Chicago's South Side

  Jamie G. Goldstein | March 23, 2007 10:11 AM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A fire truck was found turned over on its side this morning and looked to have possibly collided with a school bus. The accident occurred on Chicago's South Side near 59th Street and Princeton Avenue. There were injuries to some of the firefighters on the fire truck and to the bus driver, but luckily there were no children on the bus at the time of the accident.The injured were taken to local...

• Federal Rules Encourage Truck Driver Fatigue Crashes

  Staff Writer | February 28, 2006 2:11 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Five organizations fighting to reduce trucker fatigue accidents have filed a petition against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's proposed 2005 hours-of-service rule. The U.S. Court Of Appeals struck down a similar rule in 2004, chastising the agency for permitting dramatic increases in driving time. Truckers' driving hours have increased 40% in the last few years, each day and...