Distracted Driving – Texting, Chatting, Eating — Takes a Deadly Toll
Federal, state and industry efforts to prevent and crack down on distracted driving by proposing and adopting bans on texting by drivers and banning hand held cell phone use behind the wheel have made a dent in the problem. Those measures can only go so far.
January 9, 2011
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Firefighter Killed By Big Rig
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney When we hear in the news that a fire fighter has been killed, we expect it to be while in the line of duty, not in a car accident. So I was surprised and saddened to learn of the death of a Clifton Forge Firefighter, Mr. Ashley Weikle. Ashley [...]
December 6, 2010
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Virginia Beach Man Killed as Passenger in Fed Ex Truck Roll-Over
by Richard N. Shapiro Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton It what can only be described as being in the wrong place at the wrong time, tragically a passenger riding along in a Fed Ex truck was killed last week when the vehicle overturned on Fentress Airfield Road. Virginia Beach Police have identified the victim of [...]
October 7, 2009
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Highway Safety Group Calls for Ban on Electronic Gadgets for Truckers
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (AHAS) is one of the nation’s most influential highway safety groups. Formed in 1989 it is an association of consumer safety groups and insurance companies whose stated purpose is to make America’s highways safer. Recently, they’ve called upon the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to restrict the use of [...]
October 6, 2009
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Tanker Truck Involved in Rollover Accident Spills Thousands of Gallons of Fuel on Road
By Richard N. Shapiro Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis, & Appleton Truck accidents are terrible, but tanker truck accidents can be even worse. The size and velocity these massive vehicles possess can inflict incredible damage when involved in a trucking accident. This is especially true in rollover accidents. This scenario unfortunately came to fruition when a tanker [...]
September 23, 2009
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18 Wheeler Hits Pittsylvania County School Bus on Route 40
Sharing the road with tractor trailers can be un-nerving at best and if you knew the statistics of safety and the percentages of surviving a crash with a big rig you might become even more nervous about coming near one on the roads. Just recently in Franklin County, Virginia, two folks were admitted into the [...]
September 22, 2009
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Driver Killed in Rollover Crash with Truck
By John Cooper Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis, & Appleton Gustavo Gracia was driving down Interstate 5 in San Diego going about his business, when suddenly, a truck rolled over smashing Gustavo’s Lexas Sedan killing him. He was just 33 years old. My heartfelt condolences go out to Gustavo’s friends and family. The truck was a 1996 [...]
September 22, 2009
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Tractor-trailer Flips on Side Closing Parts of Rte 250 in Nelson Co., Virginia
Recently, a tractor trailer had flipped onto its side while driving down Route 250 causing dangerous road conditions for passing motorists. Nelson County Police reported that the 18 wheeler wrecked on rte 250 around 9:30 a.m. when the tractor-trailer carrying scrap metal was exiting Interstate 64 East at Exit 99. According to authorities, the truck [...]
September 16, 2009
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U.S. Senate Vote Approaches for Destructive and Deadly Overweight Truck Exemption
There is a special interest provision that has been quietly inserted in federal transportation budget bill without public input or congressional hearings despite a federal agency’s dire warnings. What is being ignored is the fact that they will be allowing 100,000 pound trucks on Maine’s Roads and Bridges. Without heeding the warnings of public health [...]
September 15, 2009
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Big Rig Truck Driver Fatigue is Often an Accident Waiting To Happen
As stated by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), more than 750 people are killed each year and more than 20,000 are injured due to fatigue of truck drivers operating commercial truck vehicles. Tired drivers are deadly drivers. Adding to this mix is the fact that operating an 18 wheeler [...]
September 15, 2009
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