Watch for Truck Drivers on Amarillo's Interstate

Tougher regulations are needed in the notoriously dangerous trucking industry.  Often paid by the mile or by the load, truckers are pressured to drive as fast and as far as possible, often going many hours without rest and doctoring log books to show only a fraction of the actual hours spent behind the wheel. 

Anyone who has driven on Interstate 40 in

Amarillo

has undoubtedly had “close calls” with a truck. According to industry analysts quoted in the March 13, 2007

Wyoming

,

Arkansas

and

Oklahoma

were the deadliest states for truck crashes in 2005.

5,380 people died in 1999 in crashes with big trucks. In 2005, that figure remained almost the same at 5,212 deaths.

The Truck Safety Coalition and Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways have called on the Motor Carrier Safety Administration to reduce the number of hours that truckers may drive without rest, increase safety inspections of big trucks, require onboard electronic monitors to ensure compliance with hours-of-service rules, and train drivers better.

Comments

[You have no clue]

Graham Trucking in Spalding, MI is notorious for this. The federal government has been trying to crack their driving abuses, but the Grahams who own the trucking firm have instructed their employees not to speak to anyone. Until those workers are protected, the Grahams will continue to abuse them.