Recently, the Nevada Department of Public Safety released fatal car crash statistics revealing the root cause behind over half of the state’s car crash fatalities: impaired driving. The holiday season can be especially dangerous on roads, not only because of the sheer number of people…
Dec. 16, 2019 is the final compliance deadline for the federal electronic logging device (ELD) mandate affecting the trucking industry. ELDs, or electronic logging devices, log commercial truckers’ hours for when they’re on-duty and driving, on-duty but not driving and resting. The final version of…
Going home for the holidays has layers of significance for adult children, particularly those who live out of town. It remains a time of togetherness and thankfulness, but it’s also an opportunity to observe your aging family members to determine if their physical and cognitive skills are still suff
The final compliance deadline for the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate is set for Dec. 16, 2019. This deadline comes four years after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published the final version of the ELD mandate and two years after the safety mandate’s…
This week, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg admitted to Congress that his company made mistakes with the design of its 737 MAX jet and deserves the scrutiny it is receiving after two fatal crashes. Appearing before Congress on the first anniversary of the Lion Air crash—the…
The fiery crash last week Aeroflot flight SU 1492 at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport killing at least 41 people and the Russian government’s opening a criminal investigation, once again raised the ugly specter of criminalization of aviation accidents and its harmful effect on aviation safety. I…
On Oct. 1, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that registration for the Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse was officially open. This came three months prior to the Jan. 6, 2020 deadline, when Clearinghouse com
On Sep. 25, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced the allocation of over $77 million in grant funding to improve safety in the commercial trucking industry. Recipients, which are primarily training institutions and states, will use the grant money to further FMCSA’s goals
On Oct. 22, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released fatal highway crash data for 2018, which brought some promising news. The total number of fatalities declined by 2.4%, decreasing from 37,437 deaths in 2017 to 36,560 in 2018. Unfortunately, however, the downwards trend…
In a striking story, New York Times writers David Giles and Natalie Kitroeff report that despite Boeing’s repeatedly saying it had no idea that the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) was unsafe, recent emails between Boeings test pilots prove otherwise. On October 18, 2019, Boe
According to a traffic crash fatality statistics report released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Oct. 22, there was a 2.4% reduction in overall road fatalities from 2017 to 2018, decreasing from 37,437 to 36,560 deaths. In fact, a number of categories…
On October 11, 2019, the Joint Authorities Technical Review (JATR) consisting of representatives from the FAA, NASA, and Civil Aviation Authorities (CAA’s) from Australia, Brazil, Canada. China, Europe, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore and the UAE, submitted its report to the FAA’s Associate Administrato
