Before the pilot program being pushed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration can become a reality - the one that would allow big rigs from Mexico to operate on U.S. roadways - the Department of Transportation wants the FMCSA to do more work. This work...
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Year: 2011
San Antonio Drivers Average One Accident Every Eight Years
Allstate America's Best Drivers Report for 2011 shows that San Antonio, Texas, ranks 142 (out of 200 larger cities) for the number of car wrecks per driver on average. San Antonio drivers get into one car accident, on average, around every eight years. The national...
Obama’s Uncle Arrested for Drunk Driving, Released
Onyango Obama is President Obama's uncle. Onyango was arrested for drunk driving in August after he was caught swerving and almost hit a police officer's squad car, nearly causing a DWI accident. As can be expected, due to the upcoming presidential election, one side...
Speeding Truck Hits Motorcyclist near San Antonio
It's not often that motorcyclists survive when hit by trucks. According to Luis Arevalo, the president of the International Association of Firefighters, the motorcyclist was hit when a speeding truck driver cut across multiple lanes of traffic, completely failing to...
New Texas Laws Against Drunk Driving Go into Place
New law ups the ante starting this week for drunk truck drivers and other drivers who cause auto accidents and serious injuries. As Kelley Shannon reports for the San Antonio Express-News, the Texas legislature passed law that adds another 10 years to the possible...
VIA Metro Transit bus hits parked GMC Suburban
San Antonio Police Detective Charles Campa said, "You've just got to pay attention - that's what it boils down to," as Jessica Kwong reports for the San Antonio Express-News. But Campa also said, "I think it was just a combination of bad lighting and the vehicle being...
Big rig trailer hits overhead road sign, rests at 90 degree angle
Looking at the picture, you have to wonder what happened. As Kathryn Kattalia reports for the New York Daily News, the trailer on a big rig came to rest at almost 90 degrees after the trailer was lifted up by the big rig's hydraulics, causing traffic on the Houston...
Man involved in 28 car accidents since 2000
There's a man who drives a tow truck and, as fate would have it, this man seems to be the brunt of extreme irony. He drives a tow truck, yet he seems to be the one most in need of his own services. He's been involved in 28 accidents since 2000, as Megan Luther reports...
Pickup Goes Wrong Way, Ends in Fatalities
There is absolutely no reference to drunk driving in Hollie O'Connor's report for the San Antonio Express-News, but the dozen or so online readers' comments on the story make good guesses as to what caused an accident involving a pickup truck and a big rig in Texas...
Toward Energy Independence? Not Without Bumps in the Road
The Business of Mining for Natural Gas According to some reports, the United States is now the world's largest producer of natural gas - and natural gas is a resource that former oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens from Amarillo, Texas, has been pushing for years. Pickens is...