Monthly Archives: November 2007
Tractor-Trailer Accident Results in $6.65 Million Jury Verdict
A Tennessee jury awarded $6.65 million in damages recently to the mother of a 17-year-old girl who died in a tractor-trailer accident. Lindsey Garretson was killed August 8, 2000 when a truck driven by Stuart Foy slammed into the back of her car on Interstate 40. Foy failed to slow the tractor-trailer, owned by KLLM … Continue Reading
Trucking electronic recorders proposed by California Senator
U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., has asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to reconsider electronic on-board recorders, citing recent high-profile truck accidents in her state. Feinstein cited the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which claims that a third of drivers omit hours from log books and that the percentage of truckers asleep at the … Continue Reading
Bus safety legislation introduced
The Bluffton University baseball team bus crash last March in Atlanta has led to the introduction of bipartisan legislation in Congress to tighten motor coach safety rules. Introduced by U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R., Texas), the proposed the Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2007 would require:
• Safety belts and … Continue Reading
Truck drivers’ drug tests: undercover investigators reveal how easy it is to cheat on truckers’ drug tests
Undercover investigators for the Government Accountint Office have found that it is surprisingly easy to cheat on random drug tests designed to catch truck drivers who use drugs. Using bogus truck driver’s licenses to gain access to 24 drug-testing sites, the investigators found that 75 percent “failed to restrict access to items that could be used … Continue Reading
