Blog

An article last month in The Kansas City Star highlighted the trucking industry’s recent efforts to loosen restrictions on trucking companies and their drivers. In Rules for big rigs spark big spending, Brian Joseph of Fair Warning, a nonprofit …

Last month the U.S. Senate approved a bipartisan amendment proposed by Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to prevent a federal mandate that would force states to allow large commercial trucks to pull double 33-foot trailers. The …

A Texas man recently reached a $3,350,000 settlement as a result of an accident with a tractor-trailer caused by a distracted commercial truck driver. Thomas East suffered serious back, neck, and head injuries when his pickup truck was rear-ended by …

According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, large (gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds) commercial trucks account for approximately 5% of all accidents, but nearly 12% of fatal accidents. And deadly truck accidents are on the …

Sticker Shock

You’ve probably seen the stickers when traveling behind dump trucks or other vehicles loaded with debris:

Can this possibly be true? Maybe we should all print up stickers absolving us from liability in every situation: WARNING! STAY BACK …

Highway Guardrail Safety in Kansas City

A December 28, 2014, article in The Kansas City Star (Missouri at center of highway guardrail safety debate) highlighted a recent safety issue regarding highway guardrail systems. The Missouri Department of Transportation suspended the …