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More truckers killed on the job than any other occupation. According to the U.S. Labor Department. A total of 5,915 fatal work injuries were recorded in 2000, down 2 percent from 1999. 70 percent of them were killed in a highway collision, 2 percent by homicide. Behind trucking, rates of fatal injury were highest in [...]

Some people complain that trucks are a hazard on the highway. True, sometimes I feel like I’m behind the wheel of an 80,000 pound bomb. If that’s the case, why don’t other drivers treat it like that.
You don’t see someone wielding a pocket knife trying to stop a bank robber armed with an AK-47! People [...]

I finally ran across that study about car and truck crashes again. Released by the Federal Highway Administration, conducted with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Based on police reports and survivor testimony the study found that concerning FATAL crashes:
· In 89% of HEAD-ON collisions the car crossed into the truck’s lane.
· [...]

This sounds really bad at first -
News::Disturbing Toll Road Accident Statistics.
Just 24-hours after this latest crash, Indiana
State Police release disturbing statistics about the number of deadly
accidents between cars and semis on the Toll Road.
In the last 2-1/2 years, there have been thirty fatal accidents on the
Indiana Toll Road. State Police statistics show 23 of [...]