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NHTSA Fatigued Truck Driver Report
There is Bad News in the Latest NHTSA Fatigued Truck Driver Report A new National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) fatigued driver report was released last week and it suggested that fatigued truck drivers are creating an even bigger hazard than was previously feared. They report that upward of 100,000 crashes every year are related…
Drugs Found in Cab of Tractor-Trailer
According to a new report with more details about an accident between a tractor-trailer and a bus carrying a Texas college softball team, Oklahoma State Police later found a pipe used to smoke marijuana and a bag of prescription drugs in the truck’s cab. The accident occurred on Sept. 26, when the driver of…
Distracted Driving Studies
While they are intended to reduce the problem of distracted driving, two just-released studies suggest that voice-activated dashboard systems and smartphones may actually worsen distracted driving. These two studies, by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and the University of Utah, paint a troubling picture. These types of systems are supposed to be designed…