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And why the Hours of Service safety rule needs to be revisited by the FMSCA Truck driver fatigue is one of the most common causes of preventable truck accidents. In fact, more than 750 people die and 20,000 more are injured each year due directly to fatigued commercial vehicle drivers, according to the Federal Motor …
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And how healthy truck driver diets equal less crashes due to health-related conditions like sleep apnea There are immense responsibilities that come with driving a commercial truck. To start, truckers must be physically fit in order to operate a fully-loaded big-rig (which can weigh up to 80,000 pounds by law), man the odd hours, and …
Michigan State Police investigation reports 58 drivers will be ticketed after huge car chain-reaction car crash in Galesburg, MI that made national news I previously wrote about legal issues that will arise in the 193-car winter pileup on I-94 in Galesberg, Michigan (near Kalamazoo) in January, which took the life of a Canadian truck driver. Now …
Truck accidents and the CDL English proficiency requirement under the FMCSA As a truck accident lawyer, I have handled cases involving people who have been seriously injured in truck wrecks at the hands of commercial drivers who do not speak English. Drivers who do not speak English fluently are in violation of the Federal Motor Carrier …
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Healthy truckers means safer roads. Connecticut is living proof, literally. There is a clear correlation between truck drivers who are driving with serious health issues, and the number of truck accidents these drivers cause. And one state is tackling the problem head-on: Connecticut. Specifically, the number of truck driver fatalities last year was 14, …
DOT is mandating the use of electronic logging devices (ELDs) to track truck driver miles and duty status – instead of penciled-in log books The Department of Transportation (DOT) is sending a strong message that it wants truckers to stop falsifying their log books. It’s doing so by moving up the expected publication date for …
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I’m happy to write about a new, positive development: Boston is the first city in the country requiring side guards on large commercial trucks. This includes all trucks either owned or contracted by the city. Boston is doing this in an effort to prevent truck accidents involving pedestrians, cars and bicyclists on busy city streets. …
I’m excited to announce an important development in truck safety: Boston is now the first city in the U.S. requiring side guards on large trucks either owned by the city or city-contracted, to prevent serious injury and death to bicyclists and pedestrians. As a truck accident attorney, I’m looking forward to helping expand this law …
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And why this record 2014 trucking crash lawsuit isn’t really about the money at all Recently, I secured $34 million for a serious truck accident lawsuit. This is the largest-reported truck case in the nation for 2014. It is also the largest truck accident settlement ever by a Michigan attorney, according to the VerdictSearch reporter. …
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