The problems caused by fatigued drivers are well known. When it comes to trucks, the HOS regulations are supposed to prevent drivers from becoming fatigued to the point of being dangerous. This is...
A news story at: http://www.chippewa.com/articles/2009/09/29/news/doc4ac21e4fed6f2658433102.txt provides some interesting further details about the prosecution of Michael Kozlowski on Federal...
We need to get a few things straight here. You can think of this post as a wholesale reply to the IB posts listed at the end of this article. The list of IB posts that I've given isn't complete --...
Missouri recently got FHWA approval for building some truck-only lanes on Interstate 70. A YouTube video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTUf3qZQvf4 explains how these lanes would...
On the face of it, raising mandatory truck insurance requirements would seem to be a good thing. Higher insurance requirements would mean that any big judgements against a trucking company would be...
Or not.
It depends on who you talk to.
Governor Pat Quinn recently signed legislation raising the truck speed limit in Illinois outside of Chicago and the surrounding six county area to 65 mph,...