* Michigan - Department of Transportation launches new trucker safety program
Kalamazoo,MICH,USA -WKZO, by Andrew Green -September 5, 2014: -- A new system called the Truck Parking Information and Management System is now up and running along I-94 to help truck drivers get real-time information about where they can park to take a break. A three-year study by the Michigan Department of Transportation found 65 crashes along the highway were caused by semi driver fatigue, and the new system is designed to combat that. It includes new signs with the number of truck parking spots open at upcoming exits and rest areas along with smartphone apps, a new website and more. I-94 has the highest concentration of commercial vehicles on any interstate highway in Michigan, with trucks accounting for as much as 30-percent of all traffic in Southwest Michigan...
* Minnesota - Video System to alert truck drivers to parking spaces at rest stops
Saint Paul,MINN,USA -Transport Topics -5 Sept 2014: -- The new system is gathering data for a study due to be completed by the end of the year and released in the spring of 2015. The $2.2 million project is funded mostly by the Federal Highway Administration. Results of the study will determine if the system can be expanded, he said... A 2012 FHWA study concluded that nationwide demand for truck parking spaces has outstripped the available supply and that projected increases in vehicle miles of travel by truck is worsening the problem... “Because most rest areas along the Interstate system do not accommodate a full 10 hours of undisturbed rest, and drivers do not want to lose time diverging from their route, some truckers park along the side of roads, on rest-area ramps, and in rest areas that restrict parking to less than 10 hours,” the study said... FHWA said more than 173,000 trucks per day need a place to park during their journey. And if tonnage increases 11% by 2020, more than 190,000 longhaul trucks will need a place to park, the study said... Because of more restrictive federal hours-of-service rules, truck drivers often play a guessing game whether they can find a parking place when they reach their time limit or their destination... In some cases, drivers may stop several hours short of their allowable driving time because they are uncertain if they can find parking before reaching their destination without violating HOS rules...Labels: HOS regulations, parkings shortage, safety trucks
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