One Expensive Bowl of Chili

I’m sure by now you have probably heard about the guy driving a lumber delivery truck who claims to have gotten choked on a bowl of chili, and crashed into a house. It has been making the news quite a bit, and is the third choking related accident, in the last couple of weeks. © 2010, Truck Drivers News. [...]

Trucker was Tired and Watching Porn in Fatal Accident

An accident happened last month on the NY Thruway. This would not be eye catching or really interesting except for those involved, but what the cause of this accident makes it interesting to everybody. The driver of the car that was hit, was a female and her car had become disabled in the road after she had hit a [...]

Kentucky District 10 employee saves motorist’s life

Kentucky Department of Highways Magoffin County employee is credited for saving the life of a motorist who had been involved in an accident that left a pickup truck upside down in a creek.
The accident happened Saturday night while crews were preparing to salt and plow roads and remove trees after this weekend’s winter storm, heard the [...]

Kentucky 546 AA Highway new traffic signal Dec. 14

Another accident has yet brought us another traffic signal to the AA Highway in Kentucky.
In my opinion this probably won’t help a whole lot with accidents because they will still allow people to turn right on red.
People will still try to beat the tractor trailers, and people will still die from trying this.
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Truck Drivers give all

Some people really get under my skin when I read, or hear them say things that are not true about truck drivers. It is really frustrating to try and convince these people they don’t have a clue as to what they are talking about either. Take these accident lawyers for instance, they write about how bad these trucking companys, [...]

Texting and driving a tractor trailer

I guess I don’t get the concept of text messaging. I mean, whenever I have tried it, it always takes longer for me to type the message then what it would have taken to say it. It just never made any sense to me, and especially while driving a tractor trailer. I am sure this recent test [...]

Turkey Causes Tractor Trailer Accident

OGDENSBURG, NY – State Police say that a turkey caused a tractor-trailer accident on Pinkerton Road in Oswegatchie yesterday afternoon.
According to reports, Scott M. Fisher, 38, of Lisbon was traveling west on Pinkerton Road when a turkey flew into the cab of his tractor-trailer through an open window. Fisher became distracted by the bird and was [...]