Yesterday, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a final rule impacting 49 CFR parts 385 and 395, relating to hours of servers for truck drivers. The rule change is designed to give truck drivers more flexibility. Some of the significant changes include: • Read More
Safety on the roadways is of the utmost importance to the state of Texas. Various laws are in place to protect employees as well as motorists on the streets and highways. One of the dangers for police, fire, paramedic, and road workers is the Read More
Over 2 million semi-trucks are operating in the United States. We share the road with commercial trucks daily. While we need large trucks to deliver our goods across the country, we also need to ensure our safety while we drive. Big rigs can weigh Read More
Houston has some of the most commercial trucks on the roads. Our area is a hub for transportation, and many trucks need to travel through our city to get to other parts of the country. Trucks can pose a threat to safety on Read More
When you see a large semi-truck on the road you notice that it has many more tires than passenger vehicles. You likely assume that the extra tires will prevent it from having a problem in case one of the tires fails. While the extra Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board has weighed in on the controversial topic of maximum speed limits on the nation’s highways. Using an automobile accident that occurred on a Texas highway that claimed seven lives as an example – they note that most of Read More
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration estimates that about 20% of all trucking accidents are rear-ended related crashes. Rear-end collisions with big rigs are incredibly hazardous to the occupants in the vehicles they hit. Some of the reasons for the severity of injury and Read More
Semi-truck accidents in Texas are all too common. Some estimates place the number of big rigs on Texas roads at over 3 million annually. This is the equivalent of 570,000 railway cars and with numbers this high there are definite consequences. This includes wear and Read More
Passenger vehicles share the roadways with millions of big rigs. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) there are more than 130 million commercial trucks in use nationwide. California and Texas have the most trucks with a combined total of about 25 million. Read More
18-wheeler road safety is of the utmost importance. Big rigs are required to pass stringent safety inspections in order to be deemed safe for the roadways. Recently, three men were arrested on felony charges for allegedly forging Department of Transportation (DOT) inspections on 18-wheelers. Read More