Residents and businesses in the Hayward area as well as other parts of California may want to learn more about why there is abundant danger when a trucker speeds. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s safety events happened, and speeding was one of the topics....
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Truck Accidents
Speeding remains a problem in the trucking industry
The most dangerous of all situations on the highway is being caught in congested traffic running at or above the designated speed limit. And it is even more dangerous when semi-tractor-trailer rigs are intermingled among the vehicles. Traffic density is not...
Safe driving tips for sharing the road with truck drivers
It's easy to get involved in a collision with a truck driver because of the size of the vehicle and a lack of visibility. It's important to learn how to share the road with truck drivers to protect yourself and other motorists and to avoid car accidents in California....
How truck drivers can address fatigue
Fatigue causes many truck accidents in California, and the trucker is oftentimes to blame. Though there are many negative aspects to their line of work, truckers must still be responsible behind the wheel. They could start by taking the following tips into account....
What are the most common causes of truck accidents?
Drivers in California certainly don't want to collide with an 18-wheeler, which weighs about 20 times more than the average passenger vehicle. It may help for drivers as well as truckers to know what the most common causes of truck accidents are. Driver error and worn...
Truckers who are more reliant on coffee may be crashing more
Truckers in California may want to ask themselves how many cups of coffee they need to get through the work day. One study seems to say that the more they drink, the more likely they are to suffer from poor health and to get into accidents. The study was conducted by...
Hearing held over controversial DRIVE-Safe Act
California allows drivers to obtain a commercial driver's license as young as 18, but at the same time, it limits all truckers under 21 to intrastate travel. You probably have a lot of concerns when it comes to safety on the road, so it may surprise you to hear that a...
FMCSA to study more recent factors in large-truck crashes
You may be wondering how new technology is affecting the rate of motor vehicle crashes, especially those involving big rigs. Data from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration suggests that the impact is negative. In California and across the U.S., there was a...
Three errors that truckers make that lead to crashes
Drivers in California should know that truckers are not always to blame for truck accidents. In the Large Truck Crash Causation Study, which involved some 963 truck crash cases, truckers were to blame for 44% of two-vehicle crashes. The LTCCS was released in 2007 and...
Who is subject to alcohol and drug testing by FMCSA?
Much like automobile drivers must abide by certain regulations, the same applies to truck drivers. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or FMCSA is a federal government entity tasked with regulating who carries goods throughout the nation in trucks and how...