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• Trucking Industry Pushes Hours of Service Rule Myths

  Bret Hanna | December 03, 2009 11:30 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  This is a follow-up to my post from the other day which covered a recent settlement of an hours of service rule case that, with luck, is a step in the right direction. To recap the problem: The...

• Truck Hours of Service Case Settlement a Step in the Right Direction

  Bret Hanna | December 01, 2009 10:33 PM | 1 CommentSalt Lake City, UT

  A recent press release from the Truck Safety Coalition highlights an hours of service case settlement that has resulted in the Obama administration agreeing to reexamine the rule that is supposed to...

• Straight Talk on Tort Reform from Texas

  Bret Hanna | November 23, 2009 11:20 PM | 1 CommentSalt Lake City, UT

  Texas passed sweeping tort reform legislation in 2003 that, to a great extent, eliminated medical malpractice cases in the Lone Star State. Jennifer Bard is the Alvin R. Allison Professor of Law and...

• TACT - How Utah Can Get Started

  Bret Hanna | November 22, 2009 8:25 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has a program that every state should be considering: TACT (Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks) is designed to highlight the dangers posed by...

• TACT - Utah Should Go After Aggressive Car And Truck Drivers

  Bret Hanna | November 21, 2009 8:52 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has a program that every state should be considering: TACT (Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks) is designed to highlight the dangers posed by...

• First Response Program Offers Helping Hand to Truck Accident Victims

  Bret Hanna | November 18, 2009 10:34 PM | 2 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  As indicated in a prior post, more than 5,000 people a year die in accidents involving tractor-trailers. That means that many individuals and families will be devastated each year by the injuries...

• Trucking Safety Must be a Top Priority

  Bret Hanna | November 16, 2009 10:54 PM | 4 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Deaths resulting from accidents involving tractor-trailers between 2003 and 2006 exceeded 5,000 per year which is way too high. The Truck Safety Coalition (TSC) is dedicated to reducing these...

• Guilty Verdict Sends Message to Both Drivers and Cyclists: Calm Down!

  Mark Williams | November 15, 2009 10:24 PM | 1 CommentSalt Lake City, UT

  A retired emergency room physician was found guilty by a Los Angeles jury for injuries he caused to two cyclists when he deliberately stopped short in front of them on a canyon road leading up to...

• New York State Bar Takes Stand Against Tort Reform

  Bret Hanna | November 15, 2009 2:33 PM | 1 CommentSalt Lake City, UT

  The New York State Bar Association took a strong stand against tort reform last Friday. President Michael Getnick issued a statement calling on the U.S. Senate to reject calls for caps on pain and...

• Silver Eagle Refinery Voluntarily Shuts Down

  Bret Hanna | November 14, 2009 6:55 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  The Silver Eagle Refinery located in Woods Cross has agreed to follow a safety board recommendation to shut down indefinitely in the wake of a November 4th explosion. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board...