A major new study published by the National Sleep Foundation is sounding the alarm on transportation professionals, such as commercial truck drivers, stating that their sleep deprivation puts them at a much greater risk of being involved in a truck accident. Transportation professionals in Ohio and elsewhere get less sleep than the average American,…
Spokespersons for the Ohio State Highway Patrol say that statistics concerning wrong-way crashes within the state have not been routinely kept over the years, but that they are being especially noted now and will be an individual category for close scrutiny beginning next year. That might well be timely, along with specific recommendations for…
An Ohio man faces up to 31 years in prison after pleading guilty to 10 charges, most notably aggravated vehicular homicide, following a March 2010 truck accident in which three Marine Corps recruits were killed. A dashboard video camera mounted in the semi truck the man was operating provided evidence that the driver had…
Will raising the speed limit on the Ohio Turnpike and all other portions of the state’s interstate freeways reduce the rate of truck accidents and car crashes or increase them? That clearly depends on who you ask. “Where I’m from, it’s 75 on the interstate,” says a Kentucky driver who is regularly on Ohio…
Although the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration had said it might limit trucking hours of service to a 10-hour daily driving limit, the FMCSA instead let stand in a new rule the existing limit of 11 hours per shift. A fatigued driver is more likely to be involved in a truck accident, so driving…
Fall is the time of year known for apple picking and hayrides. What could be more fun than going on a hayride on a crisp autumn day surrounded by friends? Unfortunately, when dozens of people were injured on a hayride in Erie County recently, what seemed like a relaxing way to spend an October…
The interstate highways and state roads splayed across Ohio serve as major arteries for commercial truckers transporting goods both within and beyond the state. Numerous studies and statistics indicate that the volume of Ohio truck traffic is greater than that of many other states. And, thus, so is the constant potential for, and too-often…
Due to a recent federal investigation into a commercial truck accident that caused the death of 11 people, truck drivers may no longer have use of their cell phones while on the job except in the case of an emergency. In a 2010 accident in Kentucky, a commercial truck collided with a passenger van…
Overly fatigued commercial truck drivers are routinely involved in truck accidents that bring serious — and often fatal — consequences across the country, including Ohio. The question: What to do about them? How can they best be tracked and regulated to minimize the too-often bad outcomes that result when they lose focus or fall…
Ohio farmers and their counterparts throughout the rest of the country don’t think that their kids’ occasional operation of trucks, tractors and other agricultural equipment is even a negligible contributor to truck accidents on highways and rural roads. Given that viewpoint, their attitude toward a federal proposal suggesting that farmers driving while engaged in…