I’ve been writing for almost two years about the driving dangers created by the Texas oil boom, especially those dangers in the Eagle Ford Shale <\/a>region.\u00a0 A new article about the increase of road deaths from the energy boom<\/a> has me thinking about it again.\u00a0 In the article, the Karnes County Sheriff noted that historically, they used to have wrecks serious enough to require air transport of victims only a few times per month.\u00a0 Now, that’s happening three to four times PER WEEK.<\/p>\n These dangers come from all angles.\u00a0 First, there is danger from the sheer volume of trucks.\u00a0 Whenever I drive through South East Texas, I’m just shocked at the number of trucks on the road.<\/p>\n Second, where there are profits for pressure, trucking companies take shortcuts.\u00a0 In the recent article, Karnes County officers acknowledge that the truckers are violating safety rules, including driving more hours than the law allows.\u00a0 The Karnes (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve been writing for almost two years about the driving dangers created by the Texas oil boom, especially those dangers in the Eagle Ford Shale region.\u00a0 A new article about the increase of road deaths from the energy boom has…<\/span><\/p>\n