Tired Truckers * USA - An I-Team 8 Investigation

"There ain't no safety, it's all about money," said J.R. Rose, an Alabama truck driver

Indianapolis,IN,USA -WISH/TV -Feb 26, 2008: -- ... I-Team 8 has discovered that many of those truck drivers, under pressure to drive as long as they can, face obstacles compromising the safety of everyone on the road... Hauling freight cross country is a hard way to scrape out a living especially these days because of high fuel prices. We found a lot of truck drivers cutting corners to deliver goods faster. That trucking companies might be looking the other way, and that government regulations might be encouraging a practice putting the safety of all of us at risk... I-Team 8's investigation found truck drivers are being pushed to the limit because most are paid by the mile. It's causing truck drivers who may be too tired to keep driving...