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7 tips to trucking safely in road construction zones

The past five years have seen 4,400 people killed and 200,000 people injured in work zone crashes, truck-involved or not, but the trucking figures from FHWA are daunting.


About every three days a fatal construction zone crash involving a large truck occurs in the U.S. That totals 133 truck-involved fatal work zone crashes each year, according to the Federal Highway Administration(FHWA).

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Hurricane Michael relief drivers exempt from HOS rules

Michael could be strongest wind storm to hit U.S. since 2004; eight states see HOS and FMCSRs altered.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has exempted motor carriers and drivers involved in Hurricane Michael relief efforts in eight states from Hours of Service and other parts of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, or FMCSRs, in an extended regional emergency declaration.

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Distracted driving: An overlooked safety threat

No texting and driving. Don’t fall asleep behind the wheel. Keep your eyes on the road.

We’ve all heard the cautionary phrases and seen them pasted on billboards dotting every highway. Yet, American drivers are increasingly failing to take them to heart. The widespread use of smartphone technology and the pressure of “productivity culture” to stay awake longer has fueled a new leading threat to road safety: distracted driving.

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Truck parking problems in search of solutions in big cities

One company is moving in the direction of urban parking in areas such as Detroit where basic parking lots have been transformed into safe truck parking.


Despite the difficulty in finding truck parking – especially because of the Hours of Service (HOS) requirements enforced by Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) – there is room for optimism, according to those involved in the issue. However, they say the solution must be big and in the right places.

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Manual Fool

When it comes to DIY and driving, long live the holdouts.

Strange that as everyone’s focused on robots driving them around as the new savior of the roadways and the kind of driving they’re most fascinated by, what I’ve always enjoyed and still love most is the least automated of all: driving a stick.

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