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Channel 19
Pro drivers clear air on the practice of flashing brights to signal space to merge, and a highway-speed-cutoff PSA
A West Coast newspaper columnist corrects the record on signaling with truckers leading the way, and: A PSA of sorts for motorists with a tip from pro Gary Buchs â use your turn signal early and often when passing a combination truck to combat impatient traffic behind you and the âhighway-speed cutoff.â
December 3, 2019
Channel 19
Credit where itâs deserved: Motorist says sheâs alive today on account of a few good pros
Herewith one motorist who knows what it means to share the road. Two professional driversâ training and composure âmay be the reason I am alive,â wrote a reader of the Portland (Me.) Press-Herald, lauding the swift thinking and reaction of the pros.
March 12, 2019
Channel 19
âBe pro out thereâ: More share-the-road resources
ATEF received a grant from the Office of Highway Safety. The grant allows ATEF to continue educating the public about safe highway behaviors around trucks.
February 14, 2019
Voices
Colin Young has a message for Colorado State Patrol: Enforce increasing problem of unsafe passing on mountain roads
Dashcam Central video from Colin Young shows a precarious Loveland Pass two-lane pass made by a pickupâs driver with just a hair of space available between the pickup, oncoming traffic and the nose of Youngâs rig. âWorst part is that the State Patrol does nothing to stop this increasing problem.â
February 12, 2019
Voices
Between cynicism and hope: Readers, associations weigh in on ramifications of CSA study
While many readers were cynical about the entire project, associations from OOIDA to ATA were hopeful that the National Academiesâ CSA revision recommendations would be taken seriously by the FMCSA.
June 30, 2017
Business
Abracadabra autonomous!
âTheyâre not opponents of tech, but it might be a failure of imaginationâ âVenture capitalist on disconnect between truckersâ expectations of self-driving tech and those of the folks in Silicon Valley. Wendy: âLetâs slow the row on the imagination-bashing a little and get real.â
December 16, 2016
Voices
âClose callâ with Colin Young and his dashcam outside metro Denver
SB on I-25, âheaded into the Denver Metro area,â after another tractor-trailer passed Young, an impatient motorist âgoing too fast nearly wrecked while making an unsafe lane change.â
December 13, 2016
Channel 19
New âShare the roadâ video aimed at motorists
As one commenter under FMCSAâs Facebook share of the new video put it: âThis video needs to be a part of every high schoolâs drivers ed class.â Hear hear, driver.
November 15, 2016
Voices
Dashcam to the rescue: Trucker assists law enforcement twice â in two days â with video evidence
Two days, two near-fatalities with plenty of motorist impatience at fault caught on the dashcam of independent owner-operator Howard Salmon. In both incidents, Salmon provided a principle piece of evidence to local law enforcement in Sarasota and Palmetto, Fla.
October 25, 2016
Business
Common ground: New Mexicoâs inspection-heavy enforcement program
Capt. Greg Kerr of the New Mexico Department of Public Safetyâs truck-enforcement unit has thoughts about highway safety that truck drivers may find familiar and sensible. Chiefly: He understands that four-wheelers are âpart of the problemâ with safety.
September 9, 2016
Voices
Anthony Johnson presents âThe cutoffâ
âThis could have turned out bad,â noted Anthony Johnson with this addition to the Dashcam Central repository for reader-submitted videos.
July 6, 2016
Channel 19
âHowâs my drivingâ? Call-in complaints, scams and another argument for dashcams
When a motoristâs call-in complaint rises to another level entirely â to an extortion scam: âThis is why I strongly believe in cameras on your tractor and trailer to prevent fake lawsuits!â says a reader.
February 16, 2016
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