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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has passed regulations applicable to truck drivers throughout the United States, including Ohio. Among the many regulations are very strict rules relating to how cargo must be loaded, how cargo must be secured, and how much a load of cargo can weigh. All of these federal rules can help to prevent...

There are too few truck drivers in the United States today. Trucks.com reported on a survey of leaders from 2,200 trucking companies and, by a margin of two to one, those leaders all described staffing problems as their biggest concern for their company's success. Staffing problems are going to get worse over the next decade,...

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) aim to prevent drowsy driving truck crashes by limiting total hours worked over the course of the day to 14 and by limiting number of hours driven over the course of a day to 11. FMCSRs also mandate a 30 minute break for most truckers after eight hours of driving,...

Trucks are much larger than passenger cars, and due to their size, trucks have a lot more momentum as they move forward on the roads. Unfortunately, this means trucks have a longer stopping distance. When a truck driver hits the brakes, the truck does not stop immediately. Depending upon the speed of the truck, it...

Recently, a truck driver found himself feeling fatigued as he was driving his vehicle at 2 o'clock in the morning on a highway. The truck driver wanted to stop, but he had heard there was a local crackdown by the highway patrol on trucks stopped on the side of the road. This crackdown was reportedly...

A truck accident near downtown Columbus left a semi hanging off of a bridge and stopped traffic for several hours as firefighters used a ladder truck to rescue the driver. Reports indicate it is not clear why the trucker lost control, resulting in the semi hanging off the bridge. The tire may have come off...