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NTSB: Steer tire blowout likely cause of deadly New Mexico truck-bus collision
Last week a tractor trial and Greyhound bus accident that left eight people dead appears to have been caused by a steer tire blowout on the truck. Details here.
September 4, 2018
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Two killed after truck crashes off of Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel
The tractor-trailer collided with a van sending the semi over the guardrail and into the bay. More details on this accident here on Overdrive.
July 30, 2018
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Trucker falls asleep, destroys two homes in Washington state
After the truck left the highway it went down an embankment and through one house, then down another steep hill before making its way through the second house.
July 23, 2018
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Trucker involved in fatal Texas crash fled on foot, caught while trying to flee to Mexico
According to Odessa news station CBS7, Jose Baldassari rear-ended a passenger vehicle, which then hit another truck, killing two people before fleeing the scene. He was identified after his wallet was found at the scene.
July 12, 2018
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Canadian trucker charged in crash involving hockey team that killed 16, injured 13
The trucker has been charged with 16 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and 13 counts causing bodily harm. More information here.
July 9, 2018
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Former trucker gets 55 years in prison after 2015 crash that killed six
According to a report by Knoxville, Tenn., news station WBIR, Brewer was found guilty on six counts of vehicular homicide by intoxication, four counts of reckless aggravated assault, DUI and speeding.
March 13, 2018
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Sleep apnea partly to blame in 2016 truck-bus crash that killed 13, NTSB concludes
The Board determined the trucker had untreated obstructive sleep apnea, and the bus driver had untreated diabetes and was fatigued, likely due to acute sleep loss, at the time of the crash.
November 1, 2017
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FMCSA will leverage driver training data to gauge behind-the-wheel minimum, CVTA says
Recent hurdles aside, including calls from various groups for FMCSA to issue a supplemental rule to add a time-based behind-the-wheel requirement, the rule likely will remain as-is through its 2020 implementation date, says Don Lefeve, head of the Commercial Vehicle Training Association.
February 7, 2017
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DOT report on fatal 2016 Tesla crash with tractor-trailer blames limitations of Autopilot mode
NHTSA concluded the car’s operator, who died in the collision, was leaning too heavily on the car’s driver assist systems, which failed to brake when a tractor-trailer crossed the road in front of the car.
February 2, 2017
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The funding for safety groups, the salaries of their chiefs
Funding levels in some recent years for Parents Against Tired Truckers, Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH), somewhat-related group Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety and others among the “safety advocacy” community — trucking’s loudest critics.
September 8, 2016
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MCSAC policy panel’s long shift toward safety advocates
How it happened: When the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee began meeting in 2007, it had four members with direct involvement in trucking. Today, there are three direct trucking members. Over the same period, representatives of safety-advocacy groups more than doubled from two to five.
September 7, 2016
Business
The biggest little voice in trucking
How self-styled safety-advocacy groups won over the federal government, and some trucking interests themselves, to influence trucking regulation.
September 6, 2016
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