Getting into a car accident is a frightening experience. Even a relatively minor fender bender can be frustrating. Those involved in these accidents may try to ease their frustrations with the comfort that the other driver is supposed to have insurance. Unfortunately, this is not always...
The numbers are in following the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual 72-hour International Roadcheck campaign that was conducted in June 2016. Motorists in Connecticut and around the country may be interested in knowing that 9,080 trucks and 1,436 drivers were placed out of service as...
The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration hopes to decrease commercial truck underride crash-related fatalities on roadways in Connecticut and across the country by considering new safety proposals requiring truck companies to install underride guards on the sides of their trucks. By law, commercial trucks are...
If the U.S. Department of Transportation gets its wish, drivers in Connecticut and throughout the country won’t have to worry about traffic fatalities in the future. On Oct. 5, DOT officials announced that they want to completely eliminate all traffic fatalities within the next three...
A 64-year-old Connecticut truck driver was killed on Sept. 28 after his tanker truck was hit by a 35-year-old man who was allegedly driving under the influence on I-95 near Westport. The accident happened shortly before 7 p.m. The 35-year-old, who was driving a Mercedes,...
