Saturday Special: Deadly tolls: Sick truckers causing fatal accidents (The Findlay Courier) - Sat, 02 Aug 2008 By HOPE YEN
Unfit at any speed (Modesto Bee) - Tue, 29 Jul 2008 WASHINGTON -- Beverly Garrett slowed her car in congested traffic during a family trip along Missouri's Interstate 70, but the 70,000-pound tractor-trailer behind her, its driver slumped over the steering wheel, crashed into her Ford sedan at full speed.
WMass tractor trailer drivers gear up for Texas contest (The Republican) - Wed, 23 Jul 2008 CHICOPEE - Two area tractor trailer drivers are headed to Houston to compete in a national competition that will test their knowledge and skills.
Billy Graham is a Devil Worshipper! (Indymedia Chiapas) - Thu, 31 Jul 2008 Ha Ha! Fooled you! He is the Devil himself! "Psst! Lets go to a crusade, pose as Christians, and get rid of anyone who is stupid enough to come down and assume the title of Jesus Christ!" "You know what we do with Messiahs, don't you?"
As rig operators everywhere give up, Floyd Gessner chugs toward 5 million miles (Colorado Springs Independent) - Thu, 31 Jul 2008 Floyd Gessner doesn't work because he has to. He works because, after 55 years, he still likes driving big rigs. Simple as that. "Just drivin' up the road," he says. "My wife tells people, "He's just like an old train engineer. He just likes to listen to that truck a-purrin' there.'"
Sick truckers causing fatal accidents (The Galesburg Register-Mail) - Mon, 21 Jul 2008 Hundreds of thousands of tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the United States carry commercial driver’s licenses despite also qualifying for full federal disability payments, and some of those drivers have suffered seizures, heart attacks or unconscious spells, according to a new U.S. safety study obtained by The Associated Press.
Deadly Tolls: Sick truckers causing fatal wrecks (Journal Inquirer) - Wed, 23 Jul 2008 Tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the U.S. have suffered seizures, heart attacks, or unconscious spells behind the wheel that led to deadly crashes on highways.
Thousands of bus and truck drivers qualify for disability (Fort Worth Star-Telegram) - Tue, 22 Jul 2008 By HOPE YEN and FRANK BASS Beverly Garrett slowed her car in congested traffic during a family trip along Missouri’s Interstate 70, but the 70,000-pound tractor-trailer behind her — its driver slumped over the steering wheel — crashed into her Ford sedan at full speed. The crash killed Garrett, her mother, aunt and niece. A Missouri jury acquitted the driver, George Albright Jr., 63, this month ...
House panel probes medically unfit truckers (USA Today) - Thu, 24 Jul 2008 It's so easy to fabricate the medical certificates required to operate commercial trucks on the nation's highways that there's almost no incentive for truckers to obtain a legitimate document, according to a congressional study.
Deadly Tolls: Truckers with illnesses causing fatal wrecks (Lake City Reporter) - Tue, 22 Jul 2008 Emergency workers remove the body of one of the victims of a bus wreck May 9, 1999, in New Orleans. ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Beverly Garrett slowed her car in congested traffic during a family trip along Missouri’s Interstate 70, but the 70,000-pound tractor-trailer behind her — its driver slumped over the steering wheel — crashed into her Ford sedan at speed.
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