It’s 11 p.m., and I’m fading fast. Every trucker knows the feeling. You’ve tried bouncing your left leg, blasting the air conditioner, singing out loud. You’re so tired you feel as shaky as when you have the flu. You overreact like...
The crash risk for truck drivers in the last hour of a now legal 11-hour day behind the wheel is more than three times higher than during the first hour, a Penn State research team has found. For 60 years, federal...
A truck driver carrying a gym bag heads for the showers at the Pilot Travel Center in Ocala Thursday evening. Richard Darley has been driving rigs since 1970 and he knows something about driver fatigue. As Darley ate dinner in the...
I was just reading some posts on a trucker’s forum about the Smith System. Seems like there are some drivers out there that don’t like it. At least they don’t like being tested on it. What is the Smith System? It’s...
Checks to Make Before You Go on a Ride Ensure tires are inflated – squeeze the sides to feel the pressure inside. Check the wheels are not loose between the forks – lift them off the ground one by one and...
Winter is always full of uncertainty on the roads. We’ve put together a quick guide to being prepared for the worst… just in case. Remember: stopping distances in snow are multiplied 10 times! Give Your Vehicle a Winter Check (Consult the...
If you are about to drive a long distance to your holiday destination or drive as part of your holiday, the following advice will help you to ensure that your holiday is not ruined by an easily preventable road accident. 1....
It’s hard to imagine a trucker without a CB Radio. TV, movies, and good ole’ truckin’ songs have made a permanent connection between the two. But today, many truckers don’t have, or don’t use a CB radio. Some believe that the...
The biggest change in the new proposed hours of service is a 7-hour limit on how long a truck driver can drive without a break. After 7 hours, drivers would be required to take a 30-minute (or longer) break before finishing their driving...
I was reading a couple articles on the RoadSafetyAmerica site that were advocating putting speed limiters or governors in every truck. It seems they think that will help make the roads a safer place. They compared truck safety to airline safety...
