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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...
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...
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....
Two people were injured and another person was killed in a crash last Friday on State Highway 16. The car accident happened north of San Antonio when a car that was driving north crossed the centerline and hit a southbound car. The two people that were injured had to...
The term "truck accidents" is by no means synonymous with large semi-trailers or 18-wheelers. To be sure, big rigs are responsible for many accidents -- and, because of the sheer size of the trucks involved, those accidents are often very serious or even fatal. There...
In late July we discussed the fatal amusement park accident at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The tragedy took a woman's life, and there have been questions about the safety of the roller coaster from which she fell. The investigation into the accident was...
Whenever someone gets behind the wheel of a car, he or she accepts responsibility for their conduct on the road. Although a person may not want to face the consequences of causing a car accident, the law requires that drivers remain at the scene of a crash....
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...
It is Labor Day weekend already and almost everyone has made plans for the last full weekend before we have to say goodbye to summer. It is a weekend when friends and family get together to celebrate. As a part of these celebrations, it is common to pull out the...
