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The increased number of truckers on the roads, due to the oilfield boom, and careless truckers pose a risk to other drivers and their passengers. Serious and fatal accidents involving large commercial vehicles are all too common on the roads throughout San Antonio and...
Truck tires aren’t designed for speeds over 75 mph, so in states with higher speed limits, the risk of tire blowouts and related accidents may be high. Texas is known for offering motorists some of the highest speed limits in the country. Unfortunately, these fast...
Trucking collisions resulting in serious injuries or death are common, but there are steps drivers can take to help safely share the roads with truckers. Each day, people in San Antonio, and across Texas, share the roads with tractor-trailers. Unfortunately,...
San Antonio and the Eagle Ford Shale oil producing counties to the south have experienced a surge in employment opportunities. Along with the economic growth, however, came an increase in heavy truck traffic in the area, resulting in a significant rise in car and...
Texas boasts a vast network of highways which allow for quick transit to and from all areas of the state. However, care must be taken when driving these thoroughfares, as they frequently have many travelers. A safe driver will obey speed limits and always keep his or...
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...
It was 3 a.m. Thursday morning, when a tractor-trailer spilled produce over Interstate 37 in San Antonio. This accident happened after the truck driver reportedly took an exit too fast, causing his tractor-trailer to tip over. The cargo of limes spilled over the...
The gap between passing a law and enforcing it is often challenging. For example, passing a law against texting while driving is one thing. But actually enforcing it is quite another. Similarly, the lengthy debate about new hours-of-service (HOS) rules for truckers...
The process of creating a mandatory federal rule can be an exhausting one. In the field of truck safety, we have seen this time and again regarding rules such as hours-of-service (HOS) limitations for drivers. The fight over HOS limitations went on for so long that it...
Research on sleep, and sleep disorders in particular, has exploded in recent years. Scientists are finding out more all the time about what affects sleep. And yet there remain many aspects of how and why people sleep - or don't sleep - that remain deeply mysterious....
