It’s never too early to begin lining up your New Year’s Resolutions. The National Transportation Safety Board, the federal agency charged with investigating major transportation-related accidents, recently unfurled a list that identifies the major issues it plans to take on in 2013. Not surprisingly, the NTSB plans to slay some big dragons in the coming […]
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CV Inspectors Urged to Seek Patterns of Safety Violations
Our front-line efforts to curb fatal truck crashes rest, in many ways, with commercial vehicle inspectors. The men and women who are charged with identifying safety deficiencies are our first wave of protection in preventing future commercial vehicle fatalities. Those inspectors recently received words of wisdom from industry brass. National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah […]
NTSB: Ban All Cell Phone Use While Driving
Truck drivers who’ve felt singled out by talk of cell phone bans can take heart: It’s not just about trucks anymore. Thanks to a strong correlation between fatality crashes and cell phone usage while driving, on Tuesday the five-person National Transportation Safety Board unanimously recommended a universal ban on talking, texting, and emailing while driving […]
Federal Rule Bans Hand-Held Cell Phone Use by Commercial Drivers on the Road
Studies show that commercial vehicle operators using hand-held cell phones while driving have a higher risk of getting into truck accidents. Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation made its latest effort to end distracted driving with a final rule banning hand-held cell phone use by all big-rig and bus drivers. Announcing the ban […]
Fatal Crashes Seven Times Likelier With Curbside Buses
Turns out they don’t just seem more dangerous … they are more dangerous. If this year’s fatal bus crashes in New York, New Jersey, and Virginia weren’t proof enough, a new National Transportation Safety Board study finds that curbside bus lines (aka Chinatown buses) had 1.4 times fatal accidents for every 100 buses, compared to […]
