Finding the Dirt on Unsafe Trucking Companies

Michigan Truck Accident Attorneys Show You How

Utica Transit Mix: A fully-loaded gravel hauler barrels into an unsuspecting driver, pinning his car against the highway retainer wall, where it burst into flames and kills him. The truck driver is on a powerful epilepsy medication that causes drowsiness, and he hasn’t inspected the brakes and tires of his out-of-service vehicle before the truck accident.

Atsalis Brothers Painting: A man loses his legs when an Atsalis truck rear-ends him and splits his car in two. The truck driver was fumbling with his phone and speeding. Meanwhile, the truck company has issues with vehicle safety.

Hayball Transport: Another man suffers a traumatic brain injury and many surgeries after a trucker runs a red light and smashes into his vehicle. The trucker had his license suspended 11 times before the crash.

These are real Michigan truck accident cases that our attorneys have handled. And each one was preventable. But the crash and regulatory history of these truck companies — and countless others — is not a secret anymore.

The truck accident attorneys of Michigan Auto Law are providing a step-by-step guide to finding the dirt on unsafe trucking companies.

Our presentation shows you exactly how to use SafeStat, a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Web site that details the Department of Transportation’s assessment of a truck company’s regulatory compliance. We have made the instructions so simple that anyone with a computer and the Internet can sit down and discover most anything they want to know about any trucking company across the country:

• A lawyer investigating a truck accident can decipher whether a truck company has been negligent with everything from licensing, insurance, inspections and crashes.
• A truck accident victim can discover endless information about the driver and truck that caused the accident.
• Reporters covering serious auto accidents and traffic can quickly determine whether a truck company has a good safety history.
• Drivers can find which trucks to steer clear of on the roads.

For example, our report outlines exactly how to find a truck company’s:

• Government safety rating;
• Crash history with accident particulars such as fatalities, road conditions and police documentation;
• Driver information including compliance, inspection and moving violation results, as well as out of service violations such as alcohol dependency and driving past regulated hours; and
• Truck safety and maintenance.

There are also scores for each company in various categories, so you can look for trends indicating deficient and unsafe carriers. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sets laws governing the Michigan trucking industry.

Here is information on more than 1,000 unsafe truck companies in Michigan that are violating safety rules.

Michigan Truck Accident Attorneys

Michigan Auto Law has been exclusively specializing in truck accident cases for more than 50 years and three generations. In efforts to push for stronger truck safety standards and hold trucking companies accountable when they maim and kill innocent drivers, we have filed lawsuits against hundreds of negligent truck companies and taken these cases to trial. No other law firm in Michigan has received more jury verdicts or consistently higher settlements for truck accident cases.

If you have any questions related to a truck company or driver associated with your accident, or you require legal guidance from a truck accident attorney, check out our presentation or call (800) 777-0028 for a free case evaluation from a truck accident attorney.