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Posted on October 16, 2020November 2, 2020

FMCSA issue: Inadequate Safety in Relation to Big Trucks

Every year, over 4,500 people are killed in road crashes in the USA which involve big trucks.

This is a stunningly high figure so it begs a serious question as to why there are so many deaths.

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Posted on March 30, 2020March 30, 2020

What effect will the Covid-19 virus have on U.S. road deaths?

It is not something that most people ever think about, but significant financial recessions such as the one in 2008-10 have a massive effect on reducing the number of road deaths around the world.

An eerily empty I-80 Interstate, due to the Corona Virus.   (Photo: Nebraska State Patrol)

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Posted on December 20, 2019December 23, 2019

Memorial Page – Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Thomas Isbell (1972)

December 20, 1972.

Trooper Isbell and Trooper Robert C. Foltz were investigating a collision on I-40 west of El Reno.

Photo: OHP

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Posted on October 23, 2019

Memorial Page – Rudi M. Haskins (34) WY

Rudi M. Haskins

34 years of age, of Laramie, WY

According to Wyoming Highway Patrol, around 7:51 p.m. on Sunday, October 20, 2019, a fatal crash occurred near milepost 305 on Interstate 80 west of Laramie…

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