According to the latest stats from the US Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2013, over 2.3 million people were injured in traffic accidents. 32,719 people were killed. 3,964 of those fatalities involved large trucks.   Those are just numbers unless your family was involved. Or if driving on our increasingly dangerous roads is your...

Back in December Jon Stewart made a passionate return to The Daily Show to talk about the Zadroga Bill for 9/11 First Responders health care. That passion paid off when the bill passed a week later, tagged last minute onto the massive year-end ominbus appropriations bill. Stewart’s influence and his call for supporters to take to social media...

“It’s hard to imagine what kind of economy we would have in the United States without the Interstate Highway System.” Casey Dinges, Senior Managing Director at the American Society of Engineers, kicks off our new video about the condition of our roads and bridges with a reminder of our dependency on the roadways that connect us all. Those...

On December 4th we wrapped principal photography for Be Prepared to Stop. Which is just a fancy way of we are done shooting and are now up to our eyeballs in transcripts and outlines and great, great footage of wonderful interviews. So, to Steve Williams who was first in the hot seat, Earl Swift who brought the history...

Holy hopper bottom, there’s new hope on the horizon! Last week the US House of Representatives passed a six-year $325 billion transportation bill ($261 billion for highways and $55 billion for transit). However – you knew there would be a “however” – although it approves six years of badly-needed projects, it only funds the bill for three years....

So, this morning I was so irritated because I couldn't get into the 7-11 parking lot. I mean, I needed my Diet Mountain Dew for goodness' sake, and I needed it now! Stupid truck. Blocking the whole parking lot and making me drive around the corner to park on the street. On the street! Like a nobody! I...

On Wednesday, October 21, 2015, the future will officially arrive. Back in 1985, Marty McFly and Doc Brown engaged a DeLorian’s flux capacitor in the film Back to the Future and launched into (what is as of this morning our literal) tomorrow. The control panel reads 4:29pm, which, since Hill Valley is in California, is Pacific Daylight time,...

You may have heard that there was a debate last week at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California. You also may have heard that numerous Republican candidates spoke out on important issues, had clever comebacks, and scored some points with various voter blocs. What you didn’t hear was anyone talking about infrastructure. No one. Not a peep....

It’s National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. Fantastic! But it seems a bit limited when it comes to gratitude sharing. For instance, you could realistically thank several truck drivers every single day when your mail arrives. Think about it. That birthday card you got from crazy Aunt Dora (after all, your birthday isn’t until next March) came across country...

It’s easy to get stuck in the rut of talking about the poor state of our roads, both in terms of physical structure and ever-worsening congestion. After all, that’s the issue that first grabbed us here at Be Prepared to Stop. But hand-in-hand with that came our concern about safety. We can talk from now until next Christmas...