A 70 - year - old truck driver went to the west I - 196 near Granville, Michigan, and when the truck crossed the centerline and collided with the 2007 Chevrolet - Tahoe, he operated a semi - truck 's pie. The truck covered the edge of the overhead bridge, and both vehicles lit a fire.
Car drivers and Granville police officers dropped by on site attracted Tahoe's Robert Gaultner (82). But his wife, passengers were confined in the car, Robert Osborne (70) was trapped in the truck. Both Grand Rapids' Edna Gortner (83) and Macerona's Osbourne were killed. Elderly people in Tahoe province were killed along with truck drivers. It was in September 2009.
About a year ago in July 2008, a 71-year-old truck driver aboard Michigan's I-75 got into a car in the south lane and 19-year-old Rochester Hills's Cala Joan Laribe died did. A 71 - year - old driver was already driving at high speed and could not respond quickly enough to the fact that traffic stopped due to traffic volume.
The common point between both tragedies is that accidents should have occurred, no one should be killed, both truck drivers were over the age of 70.
I would like to reduce the truck-related mortality by paying more attention to freeway safety and driver fatigue as a personal responsible attorney who has owed customers to unnecessary deaths due to truck car accidents I have claimed to be able to do. In recent months I am convinced that three approaches are required: safe roads, less fatigue of drivers, and retirement for truck drivers.
The Federal Carrier Transportation Safety Authority (FCC) has confirmed that 4,000 people have been confronted with trucks that thousands of safety violations have occurred, such as brakes being incomplete and short of tires or being at risk exceeding the weight limit We report that an American died. Many of the truck drivers involved had little or no training, many were over the age of 65 and many had medical history of alcohol and drug abuse.
Since Michigan does not actually allow punitive damages for truck drivers, all trucks are exempt from liability. Therefore, a truck driver causing a tragic accident continues driving even if it is unskilled, continues driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, and continues driving as the age reflects and decides the judgment.
Truck accidents occur due to fatigue, highway design flaws, equipment defects, and driver error. Several causes are predictable. There is no other. But the result is always predictable: the shear amount of the truck running at speeds above 40 mph is always confusing.
The biggest killer on our highway is tired. Federal transport staff members need to develop strict standards to ensure that log books are properly stored so that commercial carriers can secure the remaining time needed for the driver.
The state highway department within the United States needs to adopt an aggressive program to broaden a two-lane highway in order to make high-speed driving safer. Law enforcement authorities should not tolerate drivers who travel over 80 mph, but need police highways to implement speed limits.
I became a proponent of reform to reduce the number of truck clashes on behalf of the family of a 5-year-old boy who was killed when the semi tractor truck was stuck from the back of the vehicle being driven by his mother.
Piercing work to expand a two-lane highway and strict operation of the truck driver's increased driving speed for at least two lanes expressway killed.
I am currently adding the need for reform to the need to lower the maximum driving age of all trucks to 65 years old. Because we can not reliably predict the age at which the physical and mental reaction of the driver slows down, at 65 years old the driver will be able to withdraw social security and Medicare in addition to retirement benefits and 401k investment at that age , It is the highest standard.
Age 65 is the retirement age of the airline pilot, thanks to the bill raised to 65 by the bill signed in February 2007. In the 1960s, I retired at the age of 60 by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Please think about that. The pilot flies the airplane outdoors and there are no other visible planes, often with the help of the co-pilot and ground controller, often fly to the autopilot. Even with the help of this redundancy and backup, the FAA said that it is not safe for pilots over the age of 60 to continue working for more than 50 years. It is 65 years old and is considered unsafe now.
So why in the world do truck drivers allow drivers 65, 70, 75 to keep driving until they are 80 years old? Every day a fast truck driver must make a split second decision that requires a very fast reaction time. Common sense, not the physical examination, the eye and hearing test, the stress test, it is understood that the driver from 65 years old to 70 years old is not equipped for this challenge physically and mentally.
When a trucker makes a mistake it is very difficult to fix for the mass and size of the truck. Most truck drivers are good drivers trained, qualified to drive defensively, become a good driver. However, in a lifetime operation only one driver error may have disastrous consequences. And as the driver approaches the end of the odds leading career, fatal mistakes will increase dramatically.
I can not rest in peace because I am certain that someone else will die unnecessarily elsewhere on the highway unnecessarily before the normal year. I am convinced that federal officials, state and county governments, law enforcement agencies will take no action beyond the recorded civil code sentencing. No one of us should be in peace until a certain action is taken. And these behaviors are as follows: Expand the two-lane highway. Add a left turn flare lane if necessary. We will strictly enforce logbooks to reflect actual driving hours and rest time. At the age of 65, he decided to forcibly retire the truck driver.
Please participate in this campaign by writing a letter to federal transport, state governor, newspaper and television editors. As public awareness rises, the necessary changes are made to save thousands of lives. What we say is important and we expect change.
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