Driver Fatigue Influenced By Other Factors in Truck Collisions Statistics collected by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety show that 75 percent of the fatalities reported in a single year involved a collision with a commercial semi-truck with a trailer. The same study revealed that driver fatigue was a small factor even though it plays…
Autonomous Trucks May Affect Drivers Everywhere in the Future With the recent news of federal hours of service changes, another topic that is being met with mixed reactions is the growth of autonomous truck testing. In December 2019, a self-driving truck made a cross-country journey from California to Pennsylvania to transport butter. Residents in surrounding…
How Commercial Deadlines and Waiting Times Could Lead to a Truck Crash Truck drivers face pressures from the federal regulators, shippers, trucking companies and receivers. With large truck crash fatalities typically reaching over 4,500 a year, commercial operators are also under scrutiny by highway law enforcement trying to keep the roads safe. Understanding what creates…
New California Independent Contractor Law for Truckers The new California independent contractor law regarding the 1099 classification of truck drivers are already having an effect nationwide. An article in the L.A. Times mentioned that out of 13,000 truck drivers serving the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, only a few hundred are currently classified…
Waiting for Your Truck Accident Settlement: Financial Survival Tips Compared to the average vehicle-to-vehicle crash, the average vehicle-to-semi crash is even more severe. According to the Insurance Information Institute, semis weigh 20 to 30 times as much as most passenger vehicles. This means that most vehicle occupants have serious injuries to deal with after a…
2020 Regulatory Changes That Affect the Trucking Industry With the arrival of the new year, it is important for truck drivers to be aware of regulatory changes that will affect how they operate in 2020. There were several changes in 2019, such as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s amendment to its hours of service…
Truck Driver Fatigue Still Common Even With the Mandatory Rest Break According to the Accident Analysis and Prevention study conducted in 2017, most truck accidents that involve driver fatigue happen only 20 miles from a truck stop or a rest area. This suggests that the current system for reducing driver fatigue, via the 30-minute mandatory…
Large Truck Blind Spots Can Be Deadly In 2017, there were 450,000 crashes involving large trucks that were reported to law enforcement. Among those collisions, 344,000 were injury accidents and 4,237 were fatal crashes. In its Large Truck Crash Causation Study, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration found that surveillance problems, which happen when drivers…
Realities of the Road: Truck Driver Fatigue and Federal Regulations Clash The Large Truck Crash Causation Study offers unprecedented details about the events surrounding truck crashes. According to the study, 13% of truckers involved in accidents said they experienced truck driver fatigue before the collisions occurred. The causation study is significant because it highlights the…
