North Carolina piloting in-cab traffic alerts for truckers
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is partnering with a technology firm to provide in-cab communications to truck drivers in an effort to reduce the risk of commercial truck crashes.
NCDOT is partnering with Drivewyze parent company Intelligent Imaging Systems, a Canada-based company that provides innovative connected-truck technology.
The in-truck messaging provides real-time alerts of urgent road conditions. NCDOT says the alerts will help truck drivers react more quickly before encountering stopped traffic or major slowdowns.
“We strive to let people know of unexpected traffic conditions, said Kevin Lacy, the State Traffic Engineer at NCDOT. “We re excited to be working with an industry partner that is using new technology. Truck drivers will be able to get advance warning of a major roadway incident before they see it on one of our dynamic message signs.
Prepare for increased Memorial Day traffic, cargo theft activity
Cargo theft recording firm CargoNet says it expects a “significant threat” to freight transportation this upcoming Memorial Day weekend. Additionally, AAA Travel is anticipating a 52% increase in auto travel over the holiday weekend compared to a year ago.
CargoNet reviewed data from 2016 to 2020 for the Thursday prior to Memorial Day to the Wednesday after. There were 143 events reported with an average of 29 events per year.
Additionally, activity for the 2020 Memorial Day weekend increased 35% from the same weekend in 2019. The stolen cargo in each event was worth an average of $308,308 – due in part to five thefts that exceeded $1 million in stolen goods.
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Updated: 8:52 AM EDT May 20, 2021 Two children are dead following a tractor-trailer crash Wednesday in North Carolina. The crash happened about 12:30 p.m. on Interstate 77 in Yadkin County. Troopers said a Ford Escape and a tractor-trailer were traveling northbound when the vehicle collided with the tractor-trailer and went off the road to the left. The tractor-trailer overturned in the roadway, blocking all lanes.A 14-year-old and a 5-year-old in the Ford died and a woman and a 9-year-old, who were other passengers in the vehicle, were taken to the hospital, deputies said. The driver of the tractor-trailer was taken to the hospital. Traffic was backed up for miles and the road was closed until about 5 p.m., according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The NCSHP is investigating the crash at this time and was using a drone to map out the scene.
National Park Service South Atlantic-Gulf Regional Director Stan Austin and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Regional Director Leopoldo Miranda-Castro signed Wednesday a record of decision for a sediment management framework environmental impact statement at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
The National Park Service’s selected alternative B. Under this alternative, the park service could permit other agencies and municipalities to conduct, with conditions, sediment management in the form of oceanside and soundside beach nourishment, filling island breaches, and dune restoration, according to documents. This alternative would also recognize that park service and others may independently or in partnership restore beach habitats or periodically protect specific facilities or resources through sediment placement in areas that have been affected by erosion.