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- J.J. Keller & Assocs., Inc., 145 West Wisconsin Avenue, Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 is a great resource for big trucking companies and therefore lawyers who sue or represent them in big truck crash cases. They carry numerous text and computer products on truck driver training, safety, safety management and management in general including “The Interstate Truck Driver's Handbook”, (can also get driver daily log books from Keller). They also publish the Motor Carrier Safety Report and the Fleet Safety Compliance Manual and give seminars in truck driver safety, safety compliance and safety management. www.jjkeller.com Call 1-800-327-6868
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) including their website at www.fmcsa.dot.gov. You can also call 800-832-5660. Regulations, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 40, 325, 382, 383, 385, 386, 387, 390-97, 399. U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, are also available through the American Trucking Association.
- Fatal Crash profiles are available at MCSAFE, Motor Carrier Safety Analysis, Facts and Evaluation DOT.GOV or simple type MCSAFE into a Google search
- Office of Motor Carrier Research and Standards, 400 Seventh Street, SW, HMCS-30, Room 3107, Washington, DC, 20590, accessible at the FMCSA website above.
- FMCSA Share-the-Road Safely Program
http://www.sharetheroadsafely.org
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, "Emergency Reaction Driver Training Guide; Straight Trucks and Tractor Trailers." Liberty Mutual Research Center, 71 Frankland Road, Hopkington, Massachusetts 01748.
- American Trucking Association, 2200 Mill Road, Alexandria, Virginia 22314-4677. Call (703) 838-1700. Safetynet ATA
- Professional Truck Driver, "Defensive Driving Course," National Safety Council (1992), 1121 Spring Lake Drive, Itasca, Illinois 60143-3201. Kit No. 339.31. Component No. 33931-0001.
- Facts For Drivers, Safety Management Council, American Trucking Association. Order No. G0890.
- Handbook of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Parts 390-399 available through the American Trucking Association.
- Commercial Driver's Manual, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Publication No. 223.
- Safe Driving Course - course materials and lesson plans. Fleet Safety Services, 4720 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055.
- National Safety Council publications and pamphlets, including "Safe Driver" (monthly), "Traffic Safety" (bi-monthly), "Fleet Crash Rates" (annually), "Fleet Safety Newsletter - Motor Transportation" (bi-monthly), "How To Drive After Dark," "How to Drive After Dark," "Motor Vehicle Safety Manual," and The Defensive Driving Program.
- Some information may be available from the Association for Advancement of Automobile Medicine, 2340 Des Plaines River Road, Suite 106, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018. They have reports at their annual conferences, and you can write for a listing to see if there is anything related to your specific case. For example, the 1980 Conference had several articles on heavy truck safety.
- The Traffic Institute at Northwestern University is an important resource, P.O. Box 1409, Evanston, Illinois 60204. A brochure is available describing each of their training programs at 800-323-4011.
- Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association (PMTA) 910 Linda Lane, Camp Hill, PA 17011. www.pmta.org.
- Professional Truck Driver Institute of America, "Trucking: Tractor Trailer Handbook/Workbook, TTDIA-4264," published by Career Publishing, Inc., 910 Main Street, P.O. Box 5486, Orange, California 92613, 800-854-4014.
- The Maintenance Council is part of the American Trucking Association dedicated to the improvement of equipment and its maintenance, and issues a whole series of publications, including training videos, and can be contacted at 2200 Mill Road, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, (703) 838-1763.
- The Society of Automotive Engineers has numerous papers on trucks, in particular on driver fatigue. SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers, 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, Pennsylvania 15096-0001). Call (724) 776-4841. SAE International www.sae.org
- Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety www.saferoads.org
- Transport Topics www.ttnews.com
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