Topic
Driver Fatigue
62 published works
Personal Injury
Truck drivers’ sleep deprivation is a worldwide safety problem
By Ken Shigley
Dozing drivers are worldwide safety problem in trucking.
Personal Injury
Fatigued Florida trucker kills seven kids in one family, injures several on school bus
By Ken Shigley
A truck driver who plowed into a stopped car on 1/25/06 and killed seven children from one family had been awake for 34 hours, except for a short nap. This…
Personal Injury
A tale of 2 truckers: Good Samaritan trucker killed by drowsy trucker with no log
By Ken Shigley
Today's Louisville Courier-Journal carries the poignant story of two truck drivers. One was a Good Samaritan who stopped to help a motorist in distress. The other, an apparently drowsy trucker…
Other
8 die due to bus driver’s sleep apnea and trucking company’s poor brake maintenance
By Ken Shigley
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has determined that bus driver fatigue combined with poor brake maintenance by a trucking company tired driver to kill eight on a Texas church…
Other
Fatal Kentucky crash caused by trucker falling asleep
By Ken Shigley
On I-65 in Kentucky, about 10:30 PM on 3/23/05, a semitrailer driver fell asleep at the wheel and caused a multiple-car pileup that left one man dead. His semitrailer crossed…
Other
Georgia trucker killed in 4 AM crash in SC
By Ken Shigley
A truck driver from Pooler, Georgia was killed at 4 AM on 3/24/05, when his semitrailer veered off northbound I-95 in South Carolina, and crashed into a grove of trees…
Other
Hours of service compliance not enough to avoid sleep deprivation
By Ken Shigley
The hours of service rule -- either the new rule or the old rule -- is not enough to assure truck driver alertness, even if the rule is followed. Mark…
Other
Studies clash on safety impact of hours rule
By Ken Shigley
A article in eTrucker.com reports conflict on the effectiveness of the new Hours of Service rules that went into effect last year. An Insurance Institute for Highway Safety study says…
Other
2 truckers die in crash in Australia
By Ken Shigley
Driver fatigue and trucking safety are not just an American concern. On 3/11/05, a truck driver and his passenger died when the semi-trailer they were travelling in crashed on the…
Employment & Labor
Truck driver fatigue, and how the new rules do and don’t help
By Ken Shigley
Each year truck crashes kill over 5,000 people and injure almost 150,000 more on our nation's roads and highways. Nearly one in four passenger vehicle deaths in multiple-vehicle collisions involve…