Winter Driving Safety 101

Working on gas and oilfield drilling pads is a dangerous occupation. But driving commercial trucks to and from drilling rigs is an increasingly risky business, too.According to federal data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vehicular crashes caused nearly a third of the 648 oilfield worker fatalities from 2003 through 2008. Experts say the primary causes include an influx of young and inexperienced truckers and driver fatigue, stemming from exemptions for gas- and oil-industry truckers from highway safety rules that allow them to work longer hours than drivers in most other industries.Congestion in and around well pads also