Prescription Drugs and Impaired Driving: Types, Risks, and FAQs
Prescription medication can impair your ability to drive. Drugs that fall within this group are opioids, benzodiazepines, antidepressants, antipsychotics, and some antihistamines. When you combine prescription medication with alcohol or other substances, this might lead to increased impairment. It is important to read the labels and cautions on pharmaceutical packaging to comprehend the potential adverse...
Prescription Drugs and Impaired Driving: Types, Risks, and FAQs Continue reading…Drunk Driving – An Ongoing Epidemic
It is not an overstatement to say that every week we read about, hear about or Coluccio Law is contacted by the victim of a drunk driver. The statistics are grim. The CDC estimates 29 people die in alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents each day in the United States. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety...
Drunk Driving – An Ongoing Epidemic Continue reading…Will this be the new roadside test for marijuana impairment?
Whether you are for or against the legalization of marijuana—and I am not taking a position here— no one can dispute that driving a car after the use of marijuana is dangerous. Which means it’s even more dangerous to drive a big rig while under the influence of marijuana. How do you identify a stoned...
Will this be the new roadside test for marijuana impairment? Continue reading…Guilty verdict in trial for trucker who killed 6 in highway crash
On a warm June night in 2015, a trucker cruising down down a busy highway in Tennessee didn't slow for traffic. He never hit the brakes as his tractor-trailer slammed into a Prius at 80 mph. That car was stuck to the front grill of the truck for another 453 feet, as the truck hit...
Guilty verdict in trial for trucker who killed 6 in highway crash Continue reading…The new clearinghouse rule that will keep dangerous truckers off the road
Last month, a semi-truck struck and killed a man near his disabled car on I-84 in Idaho. The truck driver was investigated by FMCSA: last year, a motor carrier fired that trucker for failing a random drug test. After the failed drug test, the driver didn’t comply with the required substance abuse assessment. He was disqualified from driving...
The new clearinghouse rule that will keep dangerous truckers off the road 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…It’s time for better drug tests for truckers
Trucking companies must drug-test all applicants when hiring truck drivers. A driver must be tested again if he or she is involved in a truck accident crash that results in a serious injury or fatality. Those results are shared with The Department of Transportation (DOT), which regulates the trucking industry. Currently, The Department of Transportation...
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