Trucking company tells drivers: Don’t stop when you’re tired …
This meme was posted on the Facebook page for a Texas trucking company, Stevens Transport, last week. Is this the message that trucking companies send to tired truck drivers? Don’t comply with federal laws. Don’t concern yourself with anyone’s safety. A Texas trucking company posted a meme telling drivers: “Don’t stop when you are tired....
Trucking company tells drivers: Don’t stop when you’re tired … Continue reading…Trucking Tech: New crash avoidance system study results are amazing
A couple of years ago, a Walmart truck rear-ended a limo van at a ridiculously high rate of speed. One man was killed, and several others seriously injured—including actor Tracy Morgan. That crash was investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). This slide from the NTSB’s presentation shows the crushed interior of the limo after...
Trucking Tech: New crash avoidance system study results are amazing Continue reading…The Trucking Watchdog Explains: What does NTSB do?
The National Transportation Safety Board is an independent body within the federal government that investigates all plane crashes in the U.S., as well as significant crashes on our highways, and maritime and train accidents. What does NTSB do? Most people, if they’ve heard of NTSB at all, associate the organization with plane crash investigations. They do investigate...
The Trucking Watchdog Explains: What does NTSB do? Continue reading…Trucking Tech: Watch how a $30k retrofit makes an autonomous truck
A tech start-up is betting on an autonomous truck hitting the road in the U.S. —and soon. The former Google engineers at Otto designed a $30,000 kit that can retrofit semi-trucks with new autonomous driving technology. The autonomous truck package includes extra cameras, radar, and lights sensors. A computer gathers all of that information, adds very detailed mapping...
Trucking Tech: Watch how a $30k retrofit makes an autonomous truck Continue reading…The Trucking Watchdog Explains: What does the USDOT do?
The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT, or DOT) is the federal government agency in charge of transportation planning, funding, and safety. The top priorities at DOT are to keep the traveling public safe and secure, increase their mobility, and have our transportation system contribute to the nation’s economic growth. – transportation.gov What does the Department...
The Trucking Watchdog Explains: What does the USDOT do? Continue reading…How simple truck side guards could save thousands of lives
Most city streets, with tight intersections and multiple stoplights, were not designed to accommodate tractor-trailer trucks alongside pedestrians and bicyclists. Large trucks have a high, wide gap between the truck’s front and rear tires. This dangerous space is where 50% of the deaths from truck and bicycle collisions occur. A truck side guard is a panel that blocks the dangerous...
How simple truck side guards could save thousands of lives Continue reading…The Trucking Watchdog Explains: What does the FMCSA do?
Right now, there are easily tens of thousands of semi-trucks delivering parts and products all over the United States. It is in the public interest that those trucks—andUS-FMCSA-Logo.svg_-e1454354010732.png truck drivers—operate safely on our roads and highways. That's why there's a government agency in charge of setting and enforcing rules for commercial trucks and buses: the...
The Trucking Watchdog Explains: What does the FMCSA do? Continue reading…The Trucking Watchdog Explains: What does the FMCSA do?
Right now, there are easily tens of thousands of semi-trucks delivering parts and products all over the United States. It is in the public interest that those trucks—and truck drivers—operate safely on our roads and highways. That’s why there’s a government agency in charge of setting and enforcing rules for commercial trucks and buses: the Federal...
The Trucking Watchdog Explains: What does the FMCSA do? Continue reading…How to conduct a good investigation: A Plaintiff’s Lawyer Checklist
As a plaintiff’s lawyer, I am often retained to help injured people and their families long after the harm has occurred. Most people—rightfully—focus on medical care, recovery and grieving. On the defendant’s side, insurance companies know about a serious crash or injury incident almost immediately. They have investigators, experts and lawyers on retainer. Their team...
How to conduct a good investigation: A Plaintiff’s Lawyer Checklist Continue reading…It took the tragic death of a UW professor to close this trucking safety loophole
The logging truck, quite simply, had been massively overloaded. It wasn’t the first time this trucking company—and this trucker—had been caught overloading their logging trucks. Logging trucks—like this one—must follow strict guidelines to correctly load and secure extremely heavy cargo. But one day, on a scenic road in the Olympic Peninsula, the overloaded truck lost its...
It took the tragic death of a UW professor to close this trucking safety loophole Continue reading…Truck crash killed four students, exposes massive hole in trucker drug test
On a September evening in 2014, a tractor-trailer going over 70 mph on an Oklahoma highway veered out of the left lane. The truck driver was neither braking nor steering as the semi-truck crossed the median. That semi-truck traveled about 1100 feet before it collided with a bus on the other side of the highway....
Truck crash killed four students, exposes massive hole in trucker drug test Continue reading…End Distracted Driving featured on The Today Show
End Distracted Driving founders and attorneys Joel Feldman and Dianne Anderson talked about the untimely death of their daughter Casey on the Today Show. The segment also highlights several new phone apps to help prevent dangerous distraction on the road. "Be the driver you want your teen to be" - Joel Feldman End Distracted...
End Distracted Driving featured on The Today Show Continue reading…