Driving through the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel saves truckers much time and money, but some drivers do not feel safe driving through it. According to a long time truck driver named Bob Hildebrant, the barriers inside the tunnel need to be upgraded. Another trucker, Jack Desmond, avoids using the tunnel at all costs, even though…
The Virginia secretaries of Transportation, Public Safety and Homeland Security are going to be the co-chairs of the new Railroad Safety and Security Task Force, which was established after the recent oil train derailment in Lynchburg. That accident caused several cars with crude oil to fall into the James River. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe said…
Drivers in Warren County, VA narrowly avoided potential catastrophe early Friday when a car struck a tanker truck loaded with 8,000 gallons of fuel near mile marker 11. The truck overturned, but luckily the tanker did not rupture. Virginia State Police say a woman driving a Toyota Corolla west on I-66 lost control of the…
A study done for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) determined that tractor trailers that operate with electronic hours of service recorders, or EHSRs, had an almost 12% lower rate of crashes than trucks not equipped with them. The study also found that these trucks had a 5.1% lower rate of preventable crashes. The…
Late last week, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe spent a few hours in Lynchburg, including a tour by helicopter. He was there to get an aerial perspective of the site of the oil train derailment that occurred here April 30. While he was there, he announced the creation of Virginia’s Railroad Safety and Security Task Force….