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Many times drivers violate drive time/on-duty time limits and as a result will resort to falsifying their driver logbooks to show they followed the federal drive time limits. However, the ECM data does not lie and will show the driver was actually operating his truck when his written logs show he was not.
Religious groups, summer camps, schools and other organizations routinely use 15-passenger vans. Unfortunately, some of these practical vehicles can have design defects that make them more prone to roll-over accidents. The biggest danger occurs when a 15-passenger van is loaded to capacity or overstocked with cargo. When this is the case the vehicle’s center of gravity can be thrown easily from one side to another which makes the vehicle difficult to control and more prone to roll overs.