March 2016

From the Truck Safety Coalition… Coal Truck Driver Fled Fatal Crash in Bell County, KY
March 30, 2016

A coal truck driver crossed the center line and sideswiped a pickup truck, causing it to flip over. Then, the coal…

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From the Truck Safety Coalition… FMCSA Shuts Down Wyoming Truck Company for Numerous Safety Violations
March 30, 2016

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued an out-of-service order to Bar D Bar Trucking. The agency ordered the motor carrier…

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From the Truck Safety Coalition… FMCSA Issues Out-of-Service Order for Defective Volvo Trucks
March 24, 2016

Volvo issued a recall for nearly 16,000 trucks due to a defect caused by the steering shaft missing a pin. Because…

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From the Truck Safety Coalition… Overweight Dump Truck Crashes into Tractor-Trailer in NY, Multiple Citations Issued
March 24, 2016

An overweight dump truck failed to yield at a roundabout, crossed over the center median, and struck a tractor-trailer. While it…

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From the Truck Safety Coalition… New Study Highlights the Importance of Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea
March 22, 2016

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disease afflicting at least 25 million adults in the U.S., and, if left…

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From the Truck Safety Coalition… Crash Avoidance Technologies May Have Saved Lives in ME Truck Crash
March 22, 2016

Two people were killed in Knox County, Maine last week after a tractor-trailer crossed the center line, corrected, fishtailed, rolled, and…

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From the Truck Safety Coalition… Speed Limiter, CDL Clearinghouse Rules Delayed Again
March 18, 2016

The Department of Transportation recently announced that two long overdue truck safety rules have been further delayed. The rule to require…

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From the Truck Safety Coalition… FMCSA Restores Raw CSA Data to Its Website
March 18, 2016

Following the passage of the FAST Act, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) was prohibited from posting a carrier’s performance…

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From the Truck Safety Coalition… National Academy of Sciences Releases Report with Recommendations for Studying Truck Driver Fatigue
March 15, 2016

The National Academy of Sciences released a report recommending how the FMCSA could improve its research and data collection efforts pertaining…

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Dawn King Op-Ed: Trucking weight bill could impact safety, infrastructure
March 11, 2016

I became involved in the Truck Safety Coalition after my father, Bill Badger, was killed in 2004 near the Georgia state…

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From The Truck Safety Coalition… Agencies Release ANPRM for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
March 11, 2016

On Wednesday, March 9th, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations (FMCSA) and Federal Rail Administration’s (FRA) issued an advanced notice of…

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From The Truck Safety Coalition… Truck Driver Pay Has Failed to Keep Up with Inflation
March 11, 2016

Truck driver’s wages have effectively been cut by almost a third since deregulation in the 1980s. The low pay coupled with…

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From The Truck Safety Coalition… Truck Strikes Bridge in New Jersey, Driver Arrested
March 11, 2016

A tractor trailer became wedged underneath a bridge after the driver attempted to pass through it. The crash caused debris to…

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Truck Safety Coalition Responds to Release of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Requiring Entry Level Driver Training
March 7, 2016

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) published today in the Federal Register requiring training for entry-level commercial motor vehicle drivers is…

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From The Truck Safety Coalition… Investigation Reveals One Trucking Company Violated State Weight Limit More Than 2,000 Times
March 2, 2016

A nine-month long investigation by the Nebraska State Patrol Carrier Enforcement Division uncovered one motor carrier’s blatant disregard for state weight…

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From Truck Safety Coalition… At Safety Check in Vermont, Truck Driver Found with Meth, Other Drugs
March 2, 2016

After failing to stop for a mandatory commercial vehicle safety check in Vermont, the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) pulled…

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