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Turnpike Fatality – Trucking Association And Others Oppose Speed Limit Increases
According to Mr. Davis and members of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, greater speed results in more injuries and fatalities. ... (Continue reading)
Fatigued Driving Issue Is Wide Awake – Debating The New Truck Driver Hours-of-Service Rule
Just as debate heats up on the complicated New Hours-of-Service (HOS) Rule, a truck driver who fell asleep at the wheel is imprisoned five (5) years for causing a fatal crash on the Ohio Turnpike. Preventing fatigued driving continues to... (Continue reading)
A Commitment to Semi-Truck Maintenance Saves the Life of the Truck and Life on the Highway
Credit goes out to Land Line Magazine’s author Jeff Barker for his article featuring OOIDA Member Ray Kennealy for owning a Freightliner that he has driven for over 18 years. During that time he has logged more than 3.1 million... (Continue reading)
Fatigued Driving – New Rule Reducing Truck Driver Hours-of-Service (HOS) Requirements
Large truck fatalities were up six (6) percent nationally according to data released by the United States Department of Transportation. Just prior to the Holiday Season, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a new Final Rule reducing weekly Hours... (Continue reading)
Big Truck Crash Deaths Up Six (6) Percent
The United States Department of Transportation released the Fatality Analysis Report System (FARS) data for 2010. FARS is the census data representing fatalities on our nation’s roadways. The largest categorical increase in roadway deaths was the 6 percent increase for... (Continue reading)
Cell Phone Bans Fall Short on Solving the Problem
Institute on Highway Safety: Cell Phone Bans Do Not Work.... (Continue reading)
Road Rage Redefined as Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Road rage is defined by Merriam-Webster as “a motorist’s uncontrolled anger that is usually provoked by another motorist’s irritating act and is expressed in aggressive or violent behavior.” National Public Radio did a story on the psychological symptoms associated with the... (Continue reading)
Winter Weather is Here – Please Use Extreme Caution
Waking up to winter snow and icy roads this week requires us to reverse engineer our rush, rush, rush mentality of driving from one place to another.... (Continue reading)
New Rule – Commercial Drivers’ Hand-Held Cell Phone Use Banned
Department of Transportation issued a Final Rule announcing an end to hand-held cell phone use by drivers of buses and large commercial trucks. ... (Continue reading)
Aggressive Driving – Just Let It Go
"aggressive driving and road rage lead to nothing good and can often lead to severe accidents, sometimes accidents involving innocent motorists or pedestrians"... (Continue reading)