It can be dangerous to drive around semi-trucks, although it is often unavoidable. These trucks are much heavier than passenger cars, weighing approximately 80,000 pounds when fully loaded. This means that people in smaller vehicles are much more likely to suffer...
Truck accidents
Crash-preventing safety tech is available. Will truckers accept it?
The widest, tallest, heaviest vehicles on our highways are commercial tractor-trailers. Because these big rigs can weigh 20 to 30 times as much as passenger vehicles, they often cause catastrophic injuries or fatalities in violent highway collisions. Fortunately,...
Major commercial carrier allowed to loosen training requirements
Commercial truck drivers adhere to strict, federally-required training regimens. This is a necessity because of how dangerous commercial trucks are to use. Much of their safety comes down to adequate training, but a major carrier has received a key exemption from...
Congress wants to reduce deadly truck crashes – next year
Benjamin Franklin famously warned against procrastination: “Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today,” he said. It’s ironic that the words of one of the nation’s most revered founders are ignored by Congress today. The House Appropriations Committee recently...