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truck rear ends carNew technologies that can help prevent truck accidents such as  forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking (F-CAM) systems should be mandatory on all new big trucks and buses according to The Truck Safety Coalition, the Center for Auto Safety, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety and Road Safe America. These four lobbyists have sent a joint petition to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to ask the agency to start working on a regulation that would require manufacturers of big trucks and buses to equip all their new vehicles with forward collision avoidance and mitigation braking systems (F-CAM).  When a truck or a bus  is equipped with a Forward Collision Warning System, the driver is warned by a signal that he is getting too close to a “target” in front of him and if he doesn’t react, the Collision Mitigation Braking (CMB) will automatically apply the brakes  to reduce the impact speed or prevent the collision. The F-Cam system integrates both these technologies. This system has been studied by the NHTSA for a decade now. More recently the NHTSA also published a complete evaluation of the installation of F-Cam system on medium to heavy commercial vehicles that shows the benefits of such a system.

According the the most recent statistics, more than 100,000 people suffer personal injury in truck accidents and close to 4000 of them are dying every year. A large portion of these crashes are rear-end crashes in which the large truck is the striking vehicle that crashed into another vehicle on the roadway.  While every new manufacturer is proposing the F-Cam system on their new new trucks, only 3 % of the trucks on the road are equipped with it. Making this equipment mandatory seems to be the only way to achieve widespread implementation.  Download a PDF of the Petition for Rulemaking

 

 

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truck%20inspection.jpgRoadside inspections can be effective at reducing the number of large truck accidents. However police officers are often reluctant to do it because they are concerned about the safety of pulling the truck over or because they do not understand the documentation involved.

To solve to this issue the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance have put together a national program to train officers on safely conducting truck and bus stops, properly verifying documentation and being familiar will all violation types.

The program will be launched on February 17th.

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The FMSCA just announced that Mexican carriers interested in long-haul operation can now submit applications to provide delivery across the border. This announcement marks a new milestone in the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement. It follows a 3 year pilot program requested by Congress to demonstrate that Mexican carriers can operate safely in the US.
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truck%20brake.jpgTruck accidents related to brake failures, brakes out of adjustment, or other related brake problems represent almost 30% of all truck accidents on US roads according to statistics from the DOT. Many of these accidents could be be prevented by proper truck maintenance.

Inspections conducted at a national level during a Brake Safety Week resulted in 16.2% of 13,305 trucks inspected being taken out of service. With an estimated 15.5 million trucks operating in the US this means that approximately 2.5 million trucks in the US are operating with brake problems… A pretty scary number!

Read the complete article in TruckingInfo

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To prevent truck accidents and keep the roads safe between Mexico and the US, Congress prohibited the FMCSA to allow long-haul cross-border transportation of cargo and passengers between Mexico and the USA – as provided for in the NAFTA agreement in 1992 – until certain safety requirements were met and a pilot program for granting long-haul authority to Mexico-domiciled motor carriers has evaluated the potential impact on safety.

The pilot program was recently completed by the FMCSA. A recent audit of this pilot program by the Office of Inspector General found that even though the pilot was well run and followed all necessary steps and conditions, it lacked an adequate number of Mexico-domiciled carriers to yield statistically valid findings.

The complete audit report can be downloaded here

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Truck inspections before and after a trip are an important step in preventing potential truck accidents linked to defective or not properly maintained trucks. However the truck industry has been complaining about the paperwork burden created by these reports. Therefore in response to the Obama Administration’s call for federal agencies to reduce bureaucratic red tape, truck drivers will no longer have to file a report if there are no defects found during the inspections. The new rule is expected to be published by the FMCSA on December 18th. Most trucking associations are in favor of the rule because it will save time and money but not everybody agrees with them. The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety and the National Transportation Safety Board believe that the no-defect report promotes good maintenance practices.

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A man died in a fiery truck accident involving 3 tractor trailers on the New Jersey turnpike last night.

All 3 tractor trailers were traveling in the same direction when one of the truck drivers lost control of his vehicle causing a crash with two other trucks. All 3 tractor trailers caught fire.

The police are still investigating the cause of the accident.

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A 19 year old driver and his two passengers were in serious condition after they rear ended a tractor trailer in Queens, NYC early Friday morning. The accident happened on Astoria Bvd near 111th street, an intersection prone to car crashes according to the NY daily News

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A pedestrian was hit by a private sanitation truck and dragged on Canal Street until he dislodged from the truck near the intersection of Center Street Friday morning around 9:30 am. The victim died at the scene. The driver continued on his way and the police said it wasn’t clear if he was aware of what happened.
Earlier this month another pedestrian was killed on Canal Street (see previous blog).

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A 77 year old woman was hit by a dump truck as she was walking on the double yellow line of Flatbush Avenue at Atlantic Ave, a very busy intersection near the Barclays Center. She was rushed to the hospital but didn’t survive. The truck driver stayed at the scene and wasn’t charged. Read more in DNA Info.

The intersection of Flatbush Ave and Atlantic Ave is a very dangerous intersection in Brooklyn. According to NYC crash mapper there was an average of 5.16 collisions per month at this intersection between August 2011 and February 2014, 4 pedestrians, 4 cyclists, 22 vehicle passengers and 9 drivers suffered personal injury after being involved in an accident at this intersection.

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The intersection where the truck accident happened, picture: courtesy of Google Map

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