A comment on Old Dominion Freight driver accused of badly injuring cyclist while using wireless device

Truckie D — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:38:36 GMT

The hazards of distracted driving have been very much in the news lately -- and with good reason.

There are safeguards that can and should be put into place. The company I lease to has an interlock on their communications system that prevents it from being used while the vehicle is in motion. On some trucks, a dash display will show the first few words of an incoming message, so that a driver can determine if it's urgent enough to pull over and read. All in all, a sensible way to deal with the problem.

Imho, if he was looking at it, he was "using" it.

A comment on Negligence by truckers a major cause of large truck crashes, according to new study

Jason — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:16:18 GMT

I would be interested to know where you found your information on this?

Because I searched for it, and nothing comes back. It sounds like maybe you are just trying to drum up some business..

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