U.S. Senator: Investigate Trucker GPS Issues to Prevent Accidents
Senator Charles Schumer has asked the Department of Transportation to investigate the trucking industry’s use of GPS technology.
Senator Charles Schumer has asked the Department of Transportation to investigate the trucking industry’s use of GPS technology.
What started as a few isolated cases of meningitis in Tennessee has become an outbreak that has now claimed 386 victims in 19 states. Of the 377 people infected, 28 have died. In Virginia, 46 people have suffered from the infection, and two of them did not survive. Because it is believed that around 14,000…
What Happened: According to the Denver Post, witnesses saw a speeding truck barely stop at a stop sign in a subdivision in Westminster, CO. The truck struck a seven-year-old boy who was riding his tricycle and dragged him for nearly 50 feet before he stopped. This tragic bicycle accident broke both of the little boy’s…
Did you know that there were 15,000 truck bridge strikes in the United States 2010, which caused 214 deaths and over 3,000 serious injuries? Not only are trucks striking bridges a serious problem, it is also a problem that could be getting worse because of the growing popularity of GPS navigational devices. Just last week,…
What Happened: A passenger was killed in a car wreck that occurred on Coopers Mountain Road in Rockingham County, Virginia (VA). The driver of the vehicle, a 17-year-old teenager, lost control of the car, ran off the right side of the road and wound up slamming into a tree on the passenger side, according to The…