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Jan 16, 2016

SAFETY ISSUES * USA, by NTSB: Latest list of top transportation

* DC - All but three can apply to trucking: NTSB's 2016 'Most Wanted' list

-- National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Christopher Hart Wednesday morning, Jan. 13, discussed the agency's 2016 "Most Wanted" list of improvements... Certainly a majority of NTSB's top issues can be applied to trucking and highway transportation, with fatigue-related crashes making a prominent appearance and issues like distracted driving and medical fitness of safety-critical personnel — including truck drivers — carrying over from last year... 
NTSB's 2016 list of safety improvements includes:
 • Reduce fatigue-related accidents.
 • Promote availability of collision avoidance technology in highway vehicles.
 • Strengthen occupant protection.
 • Expand use of recorders to enhance transportation safety. With this new issue, NTSB calls attention to including info/data recording devices mainly on vehicles other than heavy trucks.
 • Disconnect from deadly distractions.
 • End substance impairment in transportation.
 • Require medical fitness for duty... 
The agency recommends "comprehensive medical certification systems for safety-critical transportation personnel to ensure that these professionals are medically fit for duty before operating a vehicle." 
(Photo: Traffic on eastbound Interstate 10 in Metairie backed up for miles)   --  Washington, DC. USA - Fleet Owner, by Aaron Marsh - Jan 13, 2016

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