Veteran trucker warns unsafe shortcuts and cut-rate freight are endangering lives on Florida highways

A veteran truck driver says the deadly turnpike crash that killed three people never should have happened — and it’s just the latest example of unsafe shortcuts he sees every day on America’s highways. Bernie Mahoney, a longtime CDL driver and owner-operator, told WPBF 25 News Investigative Reporter Terri Parker that from his first day in truck school, one rule was drilled in: never make a U-turn in a semi. "Never do a U-turn. Never. If I miss a turn, I find a big parking lot — a Lowe’s or Home Depot — away from the public to turn a...