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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) have issued a joint rule that will affect over four million commercial truck and bus drivers: A complete ban on hand-held cell phones. At this time, the new rule only affects interstate truck and bus drivers, meaning those who cross state lines. Prior to this complete ban on hand-held cell phones, the FMCSA banned texting while driving, and the PHMSA banned intrastate drivers, or those who do not cross state lines, from cell phone use if they were carrying hazardous materials. The new rule covers more drivers in an attempt to reduce incidents of truck accidents on roadways throughout the United States. FMCSA Administrator Anne S. Ferro justified the new rule, “It’s just too dangerous for drivers to use a hand-held cell phone while operating a commercial vehicle. Drivers must keep their eyes on…
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A 23-year old man from Aiken died after a head-on collision with a semi on South Carolina Highway 19. The man had been headed to Knoxville, Tenn. to attend school. The car vs. truck accident happened on August 17, 2011. An ambulance transported Douglas Springfield to Aiken Regional Medical Centers. He was later pronounced dead from multiple body traumas, said Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton. State troopers are investigating the crash, looking for what caused Springfield to cross into the path of an oncoming Mack dump truck. Michael Lester, the operator of the dump truck, received no injuries from the incident. Officials recovered Springfield’s cell phone to determine if the 23-year-old man was texting or on a call at the time of the crash, but Carlton said there is nothing to indicate either way that the phone was a factor in the crash. He said officials will look at the…
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A tour bus carrying Polish tourists had been driving too fast during a downpour when it crashed and flipped on a highway in upstate New York. The bus accident injured all 30 people aboard the bus. New York State Police Captain Eric Janis said 19 people were treated at three Binghamton-area hospitals after the Wednesday night accident. By Thursday afternoon, all had been released, and the tour company said all the passengers were brought back to New Jersey. One of the crash victims was trapped beneath the bus, requiring emergency crews to dig her out. “They actually had to dig the dirt underneath the bus to free the lady,” Sgt. Tom Burdick told a local news station. Sgt. Burdick said that heavy rain and speed to fast for conditions caused the accident, which occurred around 7:10 p.m. on August 4, 2011. The incident occurred on a stretch of Interstate 81…
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