big rig accident
A fatal traffic accident driver ‘lost’ control–or surrendered it?
Each day you hear or read it in news reports: A driver “lost control” of a vehicle, causing a deadly car accident crash. But apart from slick roads and sudden mechanical malfunctions, just how did the driver “lose” control? Or, did the driver not truly lose control, but rather surrender it — by driving too [...]
Sleep apnea makes 18 wheeler drivers even more dangerous
It’s bad enough that 18 wheelers, semi trucks, big rigs and tractor trailers are slaughtering thousands of innocents on America’s roads and highways. Now we learn that our beef with the trucking business may include beefy drivers.
Sleep scientists at Harvard University have discovered a strong link between overweight drivers and apnea sleep, a sleep disorder [...]
A tractor trailer large truck kills large numbers in Texas-to-Mexico accident
Large passenger buses are inherently dangerous. Big rig trucks, semi trucks, 18 wheeler trucks or tractor trailers are even more so. When combined, how dangerous are they? You do the math.
The tragic numbers after a recent bus-truck crash in northeast Mexico were 11 bus passengers killed — including 10 United States and Canadian tourists — [...]
