A new study has found that road rage is prevalent in the U.S. and responsible for half of all fatal accidents. Road rage is a common problem on roads and highways, but measuring the extent of that problem has long been difficult. Recently, however, the AAA Foundation...
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Driver fatigue a leading cause of truck accidents
Fatigued truckers cause serious truck accidents many times each year. According to data provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, an estimated 95,000 injuries and nearly 4,000 fatalities occurred as a result of accidents involving large trucks in...
New legislation in TX may help to decrease DUI accidents
A new law in Texas promotes the use of ignition interlock devices to convicted DUI offenders, which could help decrease DUI deaths in the state. Drunk driving is a serious problem in many states across the country. Yet, Texas had more drunk driving deaths in 2013 than...
Study links new sleeping pill use with greater collision risk
Researchers conducted a study on sleeping pill use and crash risk, and they determined that new users may be more likely to wreck than non-users. It is estimated that between 50 and 70 million people in Texas and throughout the U.S. suffer from sleep deprivation or...
Trucking industry rules regarding texting and driving hours
Due to fatigue, distraction and other causes, truck crashes kill and seriously injure tens of thousands of people across the country each year. In a state like Texas, it's often said that bigger is better. However, this is not true when it comes to large trucks and...
U.S. economy boom increases the number of tractor trailers in TX
The trucking industry predicts an increase in the number of tractor trailers on the road, along with an increased number of drowsy truckers. While Texas motorists are used to driving around tractor trailers every day, they may begin to see a growing number of...
Eagle Ford Shale Gives Us 1,200 18-Wheeler Accidents Since 2011
Ryan Loyd, reporting for Texas Public Radio, says that the oil boom in the Eagle Ford Shale - South Texas's 50-mile wide, 400-mile long fossil-fuel rich swath - is a bittersweet thing for Texans. There are big profits, but also big costs, even human costs. Eagle Ford...
Texting While Trucking: Don’t ‘Go Down Gambling’
Despite bans on texting while driving, motor vehicle accidents caused by distracted driving continue to climb, according to a new study. The stakes are especially high when semi trucks drivers text while driving their big rigs. According to CBS News, the research by...
Reducing truck accidents the goal of new regulations
The severity of injuries and the rate of fatalities from truck accidents can be surprising to some but should not be trivialized. The risk of serious consequences to Texas motorists when involved in accidents that involve large commercial trucks is very real. The...
Shale Plays in America: A Brief Review of the Good and Bad of Today’s Oil Boom
Nearly halfway through 2012 and here we have a thriving oil boom in many areas of the U.S. The oil boom is our answer, our counterpoint, in an economy that continues to struggle in the aftermath of the 2008 financial collapse. And it's not just oil. It's natural gas,...