Posts tagged truck

• Study: Tests May Identify Sleep Apnea Patients Likely To Cause Crashes

  Brett Emison | May 17, 2012 11:19 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  A new study published this month in Thorax, an international journal of respiratory medicine, concluded that obstructive sleep apnea continues to increase the risk of traffic accidents and a new...

• FMCSA Will Investigate Semi Truck Driver Safety

  Brett Emison | May 08, 2012 11:11 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will launch two separate research studies in summer 2012 to examine factors affecting commercial truck driver safety. On April 20,...

• Did You Know... Truck Companies Sometimes Hire Bad Drivers?

  Brett Emison | September 13, 2010 10:35 AM | 11 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  Most truckers on the road today are competent, safe and dedicated professionals. However, in the cutthroat trucking industry there is constant pressure to hold down costs in order to gain a...

• Insurance Institute Pushes For Stronger Semi Truck Underride Guards; NHTSA Waits

  Brett Emison | May 10, 2012 11:16 AM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says more than 400 drivers and passengers are killed each year due to inadequate trailer underride guards that permit vehicle to submarine beneath a...

• Study: Sleep Apnea A Significant, Unrecognized Problem In Commercial Truck Drivers

  Brett Emison | April 10, 2012 11:10 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  I have written before about the problem of fatigue for airline pilots and truck drivers. Now Truckinginfo.com - the web site of Heavy Duty Trucking magazine - has reported on a study that found...

• NEWS RELEASE - Local Missouri Attorney Works to End Distracted Driving

  Lindsay Rakers | May 28, 2012 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It's boating safety week, it is motorcycle safety month, it is Memorial Day. All I can think about is keeping my family safe and keeping your family safe. I've been touched by the family...

• Did You Know... The Biggest Loser Highlighted Sleep Apena Problem In Semi Truck Drivers?

  Brett Emison | January 23, 2012 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  I'm not one to normally watch The Biggest Loser on NBC. But I did catch part of an episode a couple weeks ago featuring a commercial truck driver named Joe. Apparently, as part of the The...

• UPDATE: Semi Truck Driver Never Hit Brakes Before Crash Killing 3 Year Old Boy

  Brett Emison | December 29, 2009 11:54 AM | 26 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  I reported yesterday about a tragic semi truck crash in Georgia that killed a three-year-old boy from Ross Township, Pennsylvania. Sean Thornton died and the remaining members of his family were...

• Truck Driver Medical Examinations Must Now Be Completed By A Certified Professional

  Lindsay Rakers | May 26, 2012 9:37 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  I have several clients that were severely injured tractor trailer crashes. I find it disturbing that on more than one occasion, I have learned that the negligent truck driver shouldn't...

• Deadly Semi Truck Crash In Phoenix Arizona

  Brett Emison | March 26, 2010 11:09 AM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  

  The Arizona Republic has reported on a deadly commercial truck crash north of Phoenix, AZ that killed 3 motorcyclists and injured 6 others. This in one of several deadly tractor trailer crashes...