Topic
Driver Fatigue
62 published works
Business and Commercial
5 on school band bus killed by sleeping trucker on cruise control
By Ken Shigley
Wisconsin jurors heard testimony this week about a trucker who stayed out all night with friends the night before a fatal crash, and had his truck on cruise control in…
Business and Commercial
Another sleepy trucker wrecks. Ex-FMCSA adminsitrator shills for industry, says rules don’t mean what they say.
By Ken Shigley
Fortunately no one was injured when the driver of an 18-wheeler mail truck fell asleep on I-75 near Macon at 3:30 AM, over-corrected when he woke with a start, and…
Business and Commercial
Fatigue-alyzer?
By Ken Shigley
Driver fatigue is a major cause of highway accidents, including those involving long-haul truckers. However, it can be difficult to prove fatigue was the cause of a crash since the…
Personal Injury
Two truck drivers killed when one crosses median at 1 AM
By Ken Shigley
Topeka, KS. The driver of a semi truck crossed the median and collided with another tractor trailer about 1:00 a.m. Monday morning. Both vehicles caught fire and both drivers were…
Personal Injury
TN reporter finds sleeping truckers seldom fined
By Ken Shigley
In Tennessee, sleeping truck drivers seldom ticketed even when they cause injury or death.
Personal Injury
Fatigue contributes to truck wrecks, but too few places for truckers to rest
By Ken Shigley
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admininistration, in 2004, 248 people died in accidents involving large trucks in Georgia. Driver fatigue is a major cause of those wrecks, but…
Personal Injury
Trucker, apparently asleep, hits college van in Indiana, kills 5
By Ken Shigley
A truck driver who apparently feel asleep at the wheel crossed the median on I-69 and struck a Taylor University van, killing four students and one university employee. Those killed…
Employment & Labor
Driver Fatigue Monitor helps prevent dozing trucker wrecks
By Ken Shigley
Driver Fatigue Monitor measure eyelid closing intervals.
Personal Injury
Japanese answer to truck driver fatigue
By Ken Shigley
Japanese jail trucking company executives for pushing drivers to drive beyond permitted hours of service.
Personal Injury
Tired truckers deadly in Alabama
By Ken Shigley
Birmingham News reports 104 deaths in three years in Alabama due to truck driver fatigue. Those numbers are almost certainly underreported due to law enforcement officers lacking time and resources…