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Safety Violations' Report * Canada & USA - Reveals the Pervasiveness of Trucking Company
When tractor-trailers are involved in an accident with a passenger vehicle, the passenger vehicle always loses
Canada -Hartley Hampton, P.C./PR Canada.net, by stoian2008 -10 October 2009: ... The sheer size and weight of semi-trucks makes them nearly indestructible... In 2007, more than 86,000 people in the US were seriously injured after being in an accident with a semi truck. More than 4800 people died as a result of one of these harrowing crashes. Nearly 500 of these deaths occurred in the state of Texas... A recent report issued by the American Association for Justice (AAJ) reveals that 28,000 motor carrier companies and more than 211,000 trucks were operating with federal safety violations as of April 2009. In "Warning! Safety Violations Ahead," the AAJ based its conclusions on data collected by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)... The FMCSA data included tractor trailers, cargo tank trucks, motor coaches, school buses and Hazmat vehicles. In addition to the motor carrier and truck safety violations, the report also found 28,616 buses and 2,226 Hazmat companies with safety violations... Of the 28,000 motor carrier companies listed, 77 of them are located in Houston, Texas. Of those located in Houston, 60 were given "conditional" status, meaning that the records showed the companies were out of compliance with one or more safety regulations. Seventeen companies were given "unsatisfactory" status based on records showing evidence of substantial noncompliance with federal safety regulations... The AAJ report found that defective brakes were the most common safety violation by motor carrier companies. Understandably, federal regulations mandate that all motor carriers must have working brake systems and prescribes the types of brakes and the safety features they must have... Federal law also requires trucking companies to maintain their vehicles, including their brake systems. Before each trip, the truck's driver is required to inspect the vehicle to make sure everything is in working order, including the brakes. The driver then must sign off on the inspection. Some drivers, however, may sign off on the inspection without actually completing it as required... Other common safety violations include:
-Tire violations -- balding tires, retreaded tires
-Truck loads exceeding weight limits
-Inexperienced and untrained drivers
-Hours of service violations (i.e. drivers working more hours than permissible)
-Drivers with drug or alcohol dependencies
-Falsified trucking logs and other records
(Photo from i2.cdn.turner/cnn: Michigan tanker explosion)
* New U.S. Study Says Wetlines Incidents Led to 13 Deaths Over 10-Year Period
USA -Transport Topics (subscribers only) -10 Oct 2009: Damaged or ruptured tank-truck wetlines resulted in 13 fatalities and seven injuries over the past 10 years, according to a new analysis by federal regulators...
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