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Hot Shots: Hurricane, summer snow, container ship cluster

Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look at the past week or so in social media, highlighting images in trucking, transportation and weather. This week features Hurricane Nicholas’ Texas landfall, summer snow in Alaska, cargo ships stuck off Southern California and more.

Nasty Nicholas

Hurricane Nicholas struck the Texas coast, making landfall as a Category 1 storm Tuesday near Matagorda Bay. Flooding and power outages ensued due to sustained 75-mph winds, torrential rain and several feet of storm...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-hurricane-summer-snow-and-container-ship-cluster

Hot Shots: Dangling truck, late spring snow, major bridge repair and more

Montage of tractor-trailers in different kinds of weather.

Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look back at the week or so in social media, highlighting trucking, transportation and weather. This week features a harrowing experience for a driver who slid down an embankment, a landspout tornado spotted midair from inside a plane and very late season snow in the Northwest.

Up close and personal

A glider pilot took a thrilling ride around a landspout tornado in Oklahoma last weekend, and it was caught on video (presumably by someone other than the pilot)....

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-dangling-truck-late-spring-snow-major-bridge-repair-and-more

Hot Shots: Tornado sighting, train collision, unmanned midair fueling

Montage of trucks in dramatic weather.

Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look back at the week in social media, highlighting trucking, transportation and weather. This week features a tornado spotted from inside a descending airplane, a trucker saving an injured animal and a midair unmanned military fuel up.

Waterlogged

Major flash flooding has led to road closures this week in the mid-South, with 15 to 20 inches of rain in some areas of Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama since Monday. It was so bad in some areas that the NWS issued...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-tornado-sighting-train-collision-unmanned-midair-fueling

Accelerating road condition forecasting to know what’s ahead

Storm cloud across the sky with vehicle light streaking along the horizon.

There are more than 5.8 million vehicle crashes each year in the United States. About 21% of these crashes — more than 1.23 million — are weather-related, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.

The U.S. Department of Transportation says the estimated cost of weather-related delays to trucking companies ranges from $2.2 billion to $3.5 billion annually.

Improving road condition forecasting could not only save lives but also could help the bottom line of the vital...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/accelerating-road-condition-forecasting-to-know-whats-ahead

Hot Shots: Best freight-related social posts of the week

Every Friday, FreightWaves takes a look back at the week in social media highlighting trucking, transportation and weather. This week features severe storms in the Plains, a truck spill in Atlanta and a progress report on a major bridge repair in the South.

Survivor

A truck driver is OK after Irving, Texas, police said he tried to beat a train that ended up crashing into his trailer. The video may be difficult for some people to watch, but to reiterate: The accident was not fatal.

Irving...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hot-shots-best-social-media-posts-of-the-week

Trucker a Highway Angel for helping couple after spinout

Photo of trucker Nick Still inset with photo of a Hirschbach Motor Lines truck.

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has named Nick Still a Highway Angel. Still, from Monmouth, Illinois, stopped to help a couple after their pickup truck spun out during a winter storm.

It happened in the late morning of Feb. 8, 2021, when Still was heading down U.S. Highway 34 near Galesburg, Illinois, just 15 miles from his home. It was sleeting and snowing and the roads were slick, so he left some distance between himself and the couple’s pickup truck ahead of him.

“Just as we were...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/trucker-a-highway-angel-for-helping-couple-after-spinout

Veteran trucker invents state-of-the-art, lighted safety flap

Tractor-trailer parked on a foggy day.

Inventor, businessman and veteran truck driver Tim Adams has been tinkering with ideas for inventions much of his life. Now in his early 60s, he believes he has a product that could revolutionize trucking. It’s a one-of-a-kind mud flap for tractor-trailers, one which Adams believes can reduce accidents and save lives.

“I drive for a living, and I’ve been out there,” Adams, from Novato, California, told FreightWaves. “I know what it can do to help everybody on the highway.”

We Care Safety Flaps...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/veteran-trucker-invents-state-of-the-art-lighted-safety-flap

The most dangerous interstates for truckers: No. 1 — I-85

Traffic on a section of I-85 at night.

Busy roads with many types of drivers can increase the odds for accidents, especially for truckers in bad weather. Certain interstate highways are particularly dangerous based on accident rates in recent years. This is the fifth of five articles counting down the most dangerous interstates.

According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), large trucks were involved in 1,137 fatal accidents on interstates in 2018, the most recent year for which statistics are available; 451...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-most-dangerous-interstates-for-truckers-no-1-i-85

The most dangerous interstates for truckers: No. 2 — I-95

Traffic on a part of I-95 in the Mid-Atlantic.

Busy roads with many types of drivers can increase the odds for accidents, especially for truckers in bad weather. Certain interstate highways are particularly dangerous based on accident rates in recent years. This is the fourth of five articles ranking the most dangerous interstates.

According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), large trucks were involved in 1,137 fatal accidents on interstates in 2018, the most recent year for which statistics are available; 451 of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-most-dangerous-interstates-for-truckers-no-2-i-95

The most dangerous interstates for truckers: No. 3 — I-75

Tanker heading down I-75 in eastern Tennessee.

Busy roads with many types of drivers can increase the odds for accidents, especially for truckers in bad weather. Certain interstate highways are particularly dangerous based on accident rates in recent years. This is the third of five articles counting down the most dangerous interstates.

According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), large trucks were involved in 1,137 fatal accidents on interstates in 2018, the most recent year for which statistics are available; 451...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-most-dangerous-interstates-for-truckers-no-3-i-75

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