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Jul 20, 2015

TRUCKING SAFETY * USA: Meeting held to improve trucking safety

* Idaho - To bounce around solutions to safety issues to make roads safer
-- Truckers from across five states came to Idaho Falls this week for their “Trucker Rendezvous”. It’s an opportunity to bounce around solutions to safety issues to make roads safer... These fleet companies work hard to make sure their trucks are equipped with the best safety equipment, and that only qualified drivers are on the roads... When truckers from all over Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, and Utah come together, their main topic of discussion is how to keep the motoring public safe, which means educating how big rigs work... Their efforts include more intense training for drivers as well as required drug testing... Local company Doug Andrus Trucking was at these meeting. They monitor their equipment and drivers; which includes installing a device that keeps trucks from going more than 64 mph. The device also has an artificial eye to alert the driver of slower traffic... Doug Andrus Trucking also requires new drivers to pass a drug test and complete 12 weeks of intense training... The Department of Transportation only requires one inspection per year...
(Photo, from hankstruckforum - Doug Andrus' truck is on the Road I-80, Elko to Winnemucca, NV)  --  Idaho Falls, ID, USA - Local News 8/ ABC, by Hannah Miller - Jul 175

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