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Business

Eight killed in two fiery truck-involved crashes Tuesday in Texas and Kansas

A crash involving four trucks and two passenger vehicles along I-35 in Waco, Texas, claimed three lives, including a truck driver, and a crash along I-70 in Kansas involving two trucks and four passenger vehicles claimed five lives.

July 13, 2017

Business

Livin’ on potato time

“You could put 40 clocks and 25 cameras inside of every single commercial vehicle on the road, and those items would not prevent accidents.” More on the push for so-called “safety” devices from on high …

May 3, 2017

Business

Trucks involved in fatal crashes rose 8 percent in 2015

The agency’s “Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts 2015” report reveals that 4,050 large trucks, those weighing more than 10,000 pounds, were involved in a total of 3,598 fatal crashes in 2015.

April 6, 2017

Channel 19

High driver turnover correlated with higher OOS, crash volumes and CSA scores

Data firm Vigillo found a close correlation between high turnover and generally more negative carrier numbers in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s compliance rating program. Also: FAST Act CSA requirements update — suggested CSA changes expected late Spring/early Summer.

February 28, 2017

Channel 19

When enforcement is well necessary — a note from Rich Wilson

Wilson’s letter follows news of a box-truck owner-operator shut down after a fatality crash. Also: Do owner-operator hotshot truckers (at 10,001-26,000 lbs.) need to join a random drug/alcohol testing consortium? Depends on the CDL status and desires …

January 21, 2017

Channel 19

Scott LeVan’s radio warning to drivers ahead of deadly EB I-80 crash went unanswered

Driver LeVan used his CB to broadcast several warnings to EB drivers to spread out, impending a traffic back-up ahead, before a later crash that killed two truckers in Pennsylvania. Yet another reason to keep the radio on.

January 12, 2017

Channel 19

Website maps 2016 ‘year in truck spills’

Think you’ve seen it all when it comes to highway accidents? For those among you who might answer in the affirmative, the folks behind the AtlasObscura.com argue otherwise with this map of notable spilled loads of 2016.

January 4, 2017

Voices

‘Slow Down’: More near misses caught on dashcam

A video compilation of near misses from the truck drivers field of view, from the folks at the ‘Real American Trucker’ Facebook page.

October 6, 2016

Voices

Truckers: No to ‘beta’ testing when lives at stake

Truckers polled this month agreed by and large with much of Consumer Reports’ “Too much autonomy too soon” verdict about the ‘Autopilot’ technology deployed in the Tesla Model S in ‘beta’ form, recently in use during a fatal crash in Florida.

August 15, 2016

Overdrive Radio

Podcast: One driver’s bounce-back after two years lost to ‘suicide by truck’

After the head-on collision, Brian Rudisell needed reconstructive ankle surgery, but the physical rehabilitation wasn’t the toughest thing: “The more you talk about the problem, the faster you heal,” he says.

August 1, 2016

Channel 19

Stoking the log fires, redux: Crash incidence, hours violations and fleet size

Is the owner-operator/small fleet being “nitpicked” or “nickel-and-dimed” into oblivion? Crash data and inspection and hours violation rates, analyzed by fleet size, fuel further discussion following this month’s “Stoking the log fires” feature.

July 28, 2016

Overdrive Radio

Mailbag: A primary tool in warding off post-crash litigation threats

“You’ve got to keep an eye out for every little detail and pass it on. If you’ve got a good insurance company, they’ll fight it for you.” As in crashes, as in other cases, says owner-operator Wayne VanHooser. “You’d be surprised how many times you can win when you do that.”

July 20, 2016