The National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) is making some sweeping recommendations affecting commercial vehicles in its report on a fatal crash that occurred in June 2009. That multi-vehicle accident near Miami, Okla., killed 10 people when a truck driver approaching the scene did not slow down or make an attempt to avoid a collision, according to the report. Among its recommendations, the NTSB cited the need for a fatigue management system, event recorders and Continue Reading

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is debating whether to require stability control systems for highway trucks in light of research that shows its addition could prevent nearly 3,500 rollover-related accidents and save more than 100 lives annually. Research from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the University of Michigan indicates that rollovers reportedly occur in Continue Reading