Tag: Safety

After increased media scrutiny, North Carolina Highway Patrol officers say that safety  -- and not the wishes of a political campaign donor -- is...

If you have chili powder, rubbing alcohol, and cooking oil, you have everything you need to make your own pepper spray -- a very effective deterrent...

Space is a high priced commodity on our highways these days. Cars often slide across or bumpers leaving less than a car length between us.

UPS has announced that it will install collision avoidance technology on all of the 18 wheelers in its fleet -- starting with 2,600 trucks...

To put all of that in perspective, the average car weighs approximately 4,000 pounds, which means the coil is approximately 12 cars total in weight. All the time, truckers have people riding along side of their trailers when they haul these steel coils. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, DO NOT ride alongside of the trailer if you value your life.

Before starting your route in the summer heat, you may want to think about completing the following checklist:

Space, or the lack thereof, is the number 2 reason for accidents. #1 being drivers lack of attention to their driving as if driving was a secondary task behind the wheel.

“Christmas came early for the trucking industry," said Representative Nita Lowey of New York in reference to a $55.3 billion transportation spending bill that would...

I'm all for safety so, from a truck drivers point of view: Here are one or two things that I think would make for a safer highway.

An important reminder to motorists: Don't pull out in front of big trucks.

Put your safe driving practices to the test with this quiz!

Driving a truck is a dangerous occupation -- and we now have more information about just how dangerous it is. A recent report from...