Truck Driver Error: Oil Spills on I-10
Several hundred gallons of oil spilled on Interstate-10 Monday night after a truck crash in Florida. The crash occurred at mile marker 186 between the Pat Thomas Parkway exit and the U.S. 90 exit in...
View ArticleI-275 Garbage Truck Accident Injures Two
Two people ended up in the hospital in critical condition after a mid-morning Florida trucking crash on Interstate-275 in Tampa, according to a St. Petersburg Times report. The collision was the second...
View ArticleTruckers and Sleep Apnea Study
The findings are not that surprising. A study recently published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine finds that treating sleep apnea in truckers led to lowered disability rates...
View ArticleFMSCA Proposes Tougher Standards for Sleep Apnea
Two panels — one from the medical industry and another comprised of representatives from the trucking industry, law enforcement, labor, and safety advocacy interests — have made recommendations for how...
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Truck Drivers May Not be Reporting Sleep Apnea Symptoms
A recent study presented at the European Respiratory Society’s Annual Congress in Vienna, Austria contends that commercial truck drivers may be less than candid when reporting sleep apnea symptoms....
View ArticleStudy Finds Link between Truck Driver Obesity and Crash Risk
Is a severely obese truck driver a more dangerous truck driver? According to a new study from the University of Minnesota, the answer to that question is a resounding yes. The report confirms what many...
View ArticleTruck Carrying Sand Overturns, Injures 4 in East Naples
Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) officials are blaming a truck’s malfunctioning brakes and worn down tires for an East Naples truck accident that sent four people to the hospital — three with serious...
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ATRI Study Says One-Third of Truckers Don’t Use Truck-Specific Navigation...
A study just released by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) says that although a majority of truck drivers use appropriate truck-specific navigation systems, a sizeable minority are...
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