I was recently asked about the laws governing truck parking along the highway. Last month an Oregon man died after crashing into a semi truck parked on the shoulder of OR Highway 201. There was a similar crash the month before, involving a mail truck and a parked big rig. The law about parking big rigs on highway Public highways are designed with a shoulder area suitable only for emergency stops. They are not designed to be parking spaces for semi-trucks or vehicles of any kind. You can only park on the shoulder of a highway in an emergency situation. Commercial drivers and motor carriers are governed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) or equivalent state-adopted laws. One federal

At least a dozen significant pending safety rules have just been shelved by the US Department of Transportation. Here are the nixed regulations that would have applied to trucking safety. Speed limiters There is a direct correlation between stopping distances and rate of speed. Small increases in speed have large effects on the force of an impact, especially in very heavy vehicles. Every year, there are about 1,100 fatalities from crashes involving heavy trucks on roads with speed limits of 55 mph or more. To address this, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration got together and made a joint proposal for a new rule. They recommended that every new truck, bus, and commercial