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Trucking firms * USA - Highlight new technology, driver safety programs in light of media scrutiny
Springfield,MO,USA -The Springfield Business Journal, by Matt Wagner -8 Jan 2007: -- After articles in The New York Times and The Dallas Morning News this fall about trucking safety and oversight, the Truckload Carriers Association accused the media of recklessly portraying the embattled industry... Driving trucks remains one of the most dangerous occupations in America, and the number of crashes involving tractor-trailers has steadily risen from 109,530 in 2001 to more than 144,000 in 2005. That year, 5,212 people were killed in truck crashes and close to 92,000 were injured, according to federal statistics... Nearly a fifth of the fatalities in 2005 – 993 – were truck drivers, who have an occupational fatality rate of 29.3 for every 100,000 employed. Despite the numbers, the Bush administration loosened federal trucking regulations late that year, allowing truckers to spend up to 11 hours on the road each day... Representatives from local trucking firms said those facts and the scrutiny they often receive underscores the importance of programs they have instituted to keep their drivers – and other motorists traveling the nation’s highways – safe...
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