Month: December 2020

Sharing the road with large commercial vehicles like buses and semi-trucks can be very intimidating. Understanding how these roadway behemoths operate and handle can help you as a passenger vehicle operator stay safe. Many accidents between passenger vehicles and commercial vehicles happen during a merge. According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, you should always pass commercial vehicles on…

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration oversees commercial trucking and institutes safety regulations governing short- and long-haul truck drivers and trucking companies. Reducing fatigue among truckers remains an ongoing challenge for the FMCSA. The Hours of Service rule (HOS), originally designed to do this, recently underwent some changes. Reduced safety regulations for truck drivers Effective June 1, 2020, the FMCSA…