Today is the first day of National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW). In all 50 states and the District of Columbia, state departments of transportation and others are marking the week, hoping to raise the awareness of drivers as the spring road construction season begins.
Over the past 100 years, roadway construction zone signage has become increasingly uniform. This is important, because in 2022 drivers of both cars and trucks pass through many local and state jurisdictions during their...
“National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is an annual spring campaign held at the start of construction season to encourage safe driving through highway work zones.” This year, NWZAW will be held next week – April 11-15 – and will be hosted by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). Although the Federal Highway Administration, American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA), American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and each of the state...
Fees collected from motor carriers that are typically used to pay for state highway safety programs may be cut by 27% under a proposal recommended by the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan.
In a notice scheduled to be filed in the Federal Register on Monday, the FMCSA is asking for comments on a recommendation by the UCR to reduce its fees by $16 to as high as $15,350 per year starting in 2023, depending on fleet size (see table). Annual fees for truck brokers and leasing companies would be...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-plans-to-cut-carrier-highway-safety-fees-by-27
The estimated number of people injured in crashes involving large trucks — including truck occupants and nonoccupants — increased 5.3 percent to 159,000 in 2019, according to federal data released Friday.
Isolating the data for truck occupants alone, injuries jumped by 7,000 people, or 18%, to an estimated 46,000 people in 2019 over 2018, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported, including injuries for both single- and multiple-vehicle crashes.
Broken down further,...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/overall-injuries-in-large-truck-crashes-increase-53
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The many industries that make up the world of freight have undergone tremendous change over the past several decades. Each week, FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of...
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