All Entries Tagged With: "truck drivers"
We the People
by Sandy Long – / N2N / – The United States government is like a huge corporation with the elected officials being the board of directors and we the people being the stockholders. The board is elected by the stockholders to represent the interests of the stockholders. The dividends are not clearly monetary, but are [...]
Top 4 Reasons Truck Drivers Use Drugs
DAYTONA, FL, – / N2N / – When you drive on America’s highways, you expect the drivers around you to follow the rules and drive as safely as you do. Unfortunately, in all too many cases, other drivers are under the influence of chemical substances to make help them stay alert. Substance use and trucking [...]
Trucker Texting Adds To Distracted Driving Epidemic
- / N2N / – As technological devices for communication and navigation become more portable and their use more widespread, there has been a marked increase in distracted driving. This rise has been so meteoric that U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently referred to distracted driving as an “epidemic.” The National Highway Traffic [...]
Truck Wrecks on Dry, Straight Roads Linked to Texting
- / N2N / – Hazardous and Outlawed: Texting While Driving a Commercial Truck or Bus As technological devices for communication and navigation become more portable and their use more widespread, there has been a marked increase in distracted driving. This rise has been so meteoric that U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently [...]
Distracted Truck Drivers Talking, Texting, & Typing
- / N2N / – On January first, Illinois joined the substantial minority of states who currently ban text messaging while driving. The new state law also bans checking email, updating social networking sites and general web-surfing while driving as well. The fact that the Illinois state legislature felt the need to specify a ban [...]
DOT Announces Federal Ban on Texting for Commercial Truck Drivers
– / N2N / – U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced federal guidance to expressly prohibit texting by drivers of commercial vehicles such as large trucks and buses. The prohibition is effective immediately and is the latest in a series of actions taken by the Department to combat distracted driving since the Secretary convened [...]
DOT Medical Marijuana Policy
/ – N2n – / Recently, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued guidelines for Federal prosecutors in states that have enacted laws authorizing the use of “medical marijuana.” http://www.justice.gov/opa/documents/medical‐marijuana.pdf. We have had several inquiries about whether the DOJ advice to Federal prosecutors regarding pursuing criminal cases will have an impact upon the Department of Transportation’s [...]
