A Urania man was killed in Pineville when his passenger car was struck by an 18 wheeler at the intersection US Highway 165 and 167. The 18 wheeler driver was cited for careless operation of a vehicle. The 18 wheeler driver was from Massachusetts. How long had the truck driver been on the road? The regulations allow truckers to drive up to 11 hours in a single shift. Regulations regarding the number of hours that a truck driver can work and drive need to be reduced. Safety groups have been petitioning the FMCSA to reconsider the hours based on findings demonstrating that much longer working and driving hours will inevitably produce severely fatigued truck drivers. I agree with the position to decrease the truck driving hours in a single shift.
Richard J. Arsenault, 2011
