Proper Speed for Semi Trucks

Posted on August 5, 2011

A commercial semi truck driver must maintain a proper speed at all times. Determining a safe speed for a heavy vehicle depends on many critical factors. Proper speed factors for semi trucks: Traffic conditions; Road conditions and construction; Weather conditions, especially rain, snow or ice; Visibility that may be affected by weather and precipitation, sun...

Safety Cushion: Semi-truck following distances

Posted on February 22, 2011

Recently, I was driving on I-5 in the Pacific Northwest. As is usual for this time of the year, it was raining, and the road was slick. The sky was gray with clouds. Time and time again, big rigs would come up behind my vehicle at high speed, then race past me, spraying water. I was...

Following too close: a semi-truck Space Cushion

Posted on February 8, 2011

How many times have you seen semi-trucks racing down the road on the bumper of another truck and trailer? Or a huge tractor-trailer riding the bumper of a passenger vehicle on I-5? Probably far too often. What we see on our highways each and every day are truckers in a hurry, racing upon our roadways and following too close...