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As Joe Conger reports for KENS 5 San Antonio, Texas state troopers are cracking down on Eagle Ford Shale 18-wheelers, putting them out-of-service for safety violations like improper truck maintenance and truck driver hours-of-service violations. "A lot of companies...
The accident happened one state over, but it's still too close for comfort, reminding us of the dangers lurking on South Texas roads. Eagle Ford Shale truck accidents happen all the time these days. But according to the Associated Press, the state of Louisiana...
As Ashley Halsey III reports for the Washington Post, companies that in some way or another condone their drivers' use of mobile phones or other devices while behind the wheel are facing lawsuits by those who are injured (or the families of those who are killed) in...
In Part 3, we again focus on Ian Urbina's piece in the New York Times, which examines the problem of truck driving for the oil and gas industry, and how it's contributing to the rise in serious injuries and fatalities for those who work in the industry. We've covered...
In the latest in a series by the New York Times examining the oil boom and its associated risks, Ian Urbina writes that workers in the oil and gas industry face the greatest dangers on our nation's roads and highways, going to and from well sites on the Eagle Ford...
As David Chang reports for NBC 10, a truck driver who caused a major accident - when in his logbook he'd indicated he was sleeping in the cab of his truck - got more than a year in prison for making that false entry. In fact, the driver was alleged to have made 15...
A recent survey indicates that people who work in the transportation industry, including truckers, train workers and pilots, report being sleepy on the job. And their sleepiness has directly contributed to "serious errors" or "near misses," as Ben Wolfgang reports for...
As Joe Conger reports for KENS 5 News in San Antonio, "It's not if you're going to have an accident. It is when you're going to have an accident," said the Karnes County sheriff. The sheriff is talking about the trucking traffic from the Eagle Ford Shale oil boom,...
"Unreasonable," "unnecessary," "hijack," and "knee-jerk" are all words used by state lawmakers and other officials whose local economies largely rely on the oil and gas industry. They're referring to federal oversight of so-called "hydrofracking," oversight that poses...
This story is just one example among many involving heavy truck traffic from the Eagle Ford Shale, which is making things difficult for Texas drivers. Speed limits are one local government's specific concern. As Bob Thaxton reports for the Seguin Gazette, the local...
