* Michigan - The dangers of trucking
... Officer Larry Thiel with the Michigan State Police welcomed TV5 aboard. They were there as he stopped a truck at the I-75 rest stop in Bay County. It was near the end of his shift... That's all it takes to put the brakes on a big rig, a minor problem that often leads to a full blown inspection... Sometimes the inspections reveal something worse... "This tire's been cut across the tread, so we'll take a little bit closer look at that," he said. The driver of the truck said he didn't even know about it... For an industry that has taken a beating over the years the I-team discovered crash numbers are actually down. In Michigan there were more than 10,000 last year and 94 of them were fatal... Lt. Charles Black, with the Michigan State Police, is the commanding officer for the commercial vehicle division, the unit patrolling I-75 in Mid-Michigan. He is most alarmed by distracted driving... Keep in mind accidents are not always the trucker at fault. The feds say 75 percent of truck accidents are actually caused by a smaller passenger vehicle... Black said all drivers need to understand operating a big truck isn't like driving your own car... Phillip Whitmer driver of big trucks, also said trucking companies are policing themselves, using technology to monitor if a driver is getting sleepy so they know when to pull that driver off the road...
Bay County, MICH, USA - TV5WNEM, by Brianna Owczarzak / Nick Lulli - Apr 30, 2015Labels: dangerous drivers, dangerous roads, dangerous truckers
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