Anyone who lives in Florida or has traveled through the state knows just how overcrowded and treacherous highways and interstates can be here. Driving in bumper-to-bumper traffic can be frustrating and stressful to say the least. And when there are also massive...
In Florida and all across the country, motorists must share the road with tractor-trailers and other commercial vehicles. While these vehicles are a major component in delivering much-needed goods to consumers and manufacturers, commercial trucks are also responsible...
Members of the Florida Highway Patrol are charged with keeping the state’s roads safe and passable. A challenging and dangerous job, state troopers assume a lot of risk on every shift as they regularly work around moving traffic and other potential hazards. They also...
Sharing the Florida highways with big rigs could be harrowing. Motorists typically suffer the worse in passenger vs. truck accidents. The Family Motor Coach Association Statistics reported the findings of a nationwide Large Truck Crash Causation Study earlier this...
Motorists in Florida will always be vulnerable when they share the highways with big rigs. In most crashes that involve passenger vehicles and large trucks, the motorists are typically the ones who suffer severe or fatal injuries. The main reason is that big rigs...
Have you ever forgotten the last few miles of your trip home when you were tired after a long day at work? This is one of the classic signs of fatigue, which can make driving dangerous. More than likely, you made it home safely—mostly because you didn’t have that far...
Semitruck drivers have to pay keen attention to the roadway. These large trucks are very heavy and are akin to projectile weapons when they are moving along. Distracted truckers can cause crashes that kill or injure innocent people on the roads. Consider these...
Florida law enforcement has kicked off its Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks, or TACT, campaign, which runs through Oct. 20. The goal is to put a stop to dangerous, aggressive behavior on the roadways, including: Speeding Weaving Tailgating Law enforcement will be...
In recent blog posts, we’ve brought up the important issue of federal hours of service requirements, which apply to commercial truck companies and their drivers. This includes most vehicles used in the business of interstate commerce. Here we’d like...
Car safety technology has brought about a great improvement in terms of the reduction of highway accidents, and manufacturers are continually looking to improve their offerings in this area. When it comes to trucking safety, technology has not come quite as far. That...
