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Trucking Industry Lobbying Within The Transportation Industry
The trucking industry spends millions of dollars each year to influence our government. Unfortunately, road safety and precautionary regulations often mean red tape and low profits for trucking companies. So these companies group and donate large sums of money to influence these regulations and make sure the gavel falls their way. The Kansas City…
Who’s Driving? The Future of Autonomous Trucks and Road Safety
With the biggest names in the automobile business racing to the finish line, self-driving cars are just over the horizon. Sci-fi movie-caliber technology is just out of reach, and no one is more excited than the trucking industry. Automated trucks have the potential to save trucking companies billions of dollars, and some projections put…
Dangerous American Highways
I believe that truck crash victims and their families should be guided to justice by someone who understands their situation and truly cares about the outcome. That is why I got into this profession, and that is what drives me every day. However, when I consider the magnitude of the tragedies suffered by so…
Why Trucks Should Be Required to Have Automatic Emergency Brakes
Automatic Emergency Brakes (AEBs) were first offered by Toyota in 2003. After almost 15 years this technology has leapt forward at amazing rates – from a pipe dream to standard crash prevention. Since 2015 the U.S. Department of Transportation has specifically considered the effectiveness of AEBs in each new car model before awarding five-star…
Stay Safe by Spotting Distracted Drivers
Distracted drivers are everywhere. Sometimes we have to give them a friendly horn tap to let them know the light is green. Sometimes we have to be less subtle when they’re swerving into our lane. These incidents can be frustrating, nerve-wracking or downright scary. But none are quite as scary as when a distracted…