National Transportation Safety Board Pushes Trucking Companies, Government for Safety Measures

From the Associated Press, the National Transportation Safety Board ("NTSB") has recommended that both trucking companies and the Federal Government should take measures to address safety concerns over driver fatigue and exhaustion.

The hearing came about in response to a tragic accident in Wisconsin three years ago in which 5 people where killed when school bus carrying school band members crashed in  an overturned tractor-tractor whose driver fell asleep at the wheel.

The NTSB called for trucking companues to take measures to ensure that it drivers get enough rest.  Furthermore, it called for the government to step up its enforcement of safety regulations such as requiring trucking companies to keep detailed records and ensuring their drivers get enough rest.

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