Incidence and Safety Consequences of Driver Distraction Drivers are often distracted because they are either talking with passengers, eating food, changing the radio, or attempting to do other activities while driving. Due to new technologies and innovative features available in vehicles or in portable devices, drivers are more distracted than ever. This highly mobile technology [...]
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Unsafe Trucks On Our Nation’s Roadways
A newly released survey of government data revealed that more than 200,000 trucks are currently operating in violation of federal safety laws. Everyday we share our roadways with trucks that are committing safety violations, such as failing to correct faulty brakes and bad tires, and carrying loads that exceed safe weights. The operators of these trucks [...]
The Top Causes of Large Truck Crashes
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently performed a Large Truck Crash Causation Study, which was provided to the United States Congress. The Large Truck Crash Causation Study analyzed nearly 1,000 injury-related and fatal crashes involving large trucks that occurred between April 2001 and December 2003. Data was [...]
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