The New Jersey Department of Transportation says a fully loaded tractor trailer traveling 65 miles an hour takes approximately 66% longer to stop than a passenger car.
As Congress is considering rolling back truck driver safety rules, actor Tracy Morgan remains in critical condition after the vehicle he was traveling in on the New Jersey Turnpike was hit from behind by a tractor-trailer.
Drawing a link between reduced fuel consumption and climate change, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that his administration will issue tougher fuel-efficiency standards for delivery trucks by March 2016.