How Big Truck Companies Make the Roadways More Dangerous
Companies Exploit Lack of Oversight to Violate Maintenance and Time-On-The-Road Regulations
Big trucking companies know that it’s difficult for regulators to regularly monitor required maintenance, as well as time on the road logs, and often use that lack of oversight to keep dangerous vehicles or tired drivers on the road. The unfortunate consequence—a significant increase in the risk of accidents involving big rigs, semis, 18-wheelers and tractor-trailers.
Texas Leads the Nation in Trucking Miles
With nearly ¾ of a million miles of paved roadways across the state, Texas lays claim to the nation’s largest network of roads. According to the Texas Trucking Association, large commercial trucks account for about one in every 8 vehicle miles logged in the state.
How Big Trucking Companies Exploit Lack of Oversight to Make Roads More Dangerous
Because large trucking companies know that regulators are understaffed, they typically engage in a number of tactics that have the ultimate effect of making conditions more dangerous:
- Failure to conduct routine maintenance, including changing tires, monitoring safety equipment and ensuring that brakes are properly functioning
- Hiring unqualified or underqualified drivers from schools that offer insufficient training
- Forcing drivers to violate “time-on-the-road” regulations with threats of termination or loss of pay
- Falsifying maintenance or time-on-the-road logs
- Ignoring electronic logging data or manipulating the data to violate state or federal regulations
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