The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released a report showing that the number of trucks involved in fatal accidents around the country in 2014 declined by 5 percent from the previous year. This is good news for Oklahoma travelers and truck drivers...
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Report calls for more research into truck driver fatigue
Accidents involving buses or semi-tractor trailers kill or injure many Oklahoma road users every year, and many of these crashes are caused by fatigued truck drivers pushed by unforgiving schedules to the point of exhaustion. To reduce this type of accident, the...
Oklahoma trucking accident leaves 2 injured
An Oklahoma City accident semi-truck has left two people with minor injuries. The collision occurred on the westbound lanes of Interstate 40 and Interstate 44 and resulted in the highway being closed for nearly five hours. Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials reported...
Truckers to use electronic devices to log hours
A new federal law mandating that commercial truckers in Oklahoma and across the U.S. use electronic devices to log in their driving hours has been issued. The goal of the mandate is to enforce already existing federal regulations that have been designed to prevent...
Facts regarding vehicular accidents involving large trucks
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, about 950 vehicles were involved in a fatal collision in Oklahoma during 2012. Of those crashes that occurred, 13 percent of them, or 124, involved large trucks. This statistic represents 3.3 percent of...
Samsung’s “see-through” truck could save lives
Oklahoma motorists may find it interesting that a new technology has been developed that allows drivers to "see through" semi-trucks on the road and determine when it is safe to pass them. The technology, known as a "safety truck," was created by Samsung, the South...
Drivers have a cow after cattle truck overturns in Oklahoma
Oklahoma residents are familiar with seeing livestock as they drive through the state’s rural areas, but they aren’t used to having to maneuver around the animals on the interstate.A section of Interstate 40 in Pottawatomie County became a hectic scene...
Attempts to curb trucker fatigue derailed by industry
Trucking accidents continue to be a growing problem on the highways throughout the United States. Today, there is more truck-traffic on the roads than ever before, with 70 percent of our domestic goods being delivered by big rigs.One of the biggest contributors to...
