Last month, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released safety data from 2011, including the following: One-third of truck occupant fatalities occurred when occupant was not wearing a seatbelt; 64% of large truck fatal crashes occurred on rural roads; of the 530 fatal crashes in work zones in the country, 27% — or 144 […]
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Anti-Indemnification Laws Aim to Hold At-Fault Parties Responsible
Put in the simplest terms, trying truck accident cases – or any personal injury legal matter, for that matter – is about holding an at-fault person or entity responsible for their negligence. With that in mind, we were proud to have played even a small role in helping Michigan shape its recently passed anti-indemnification law, […]
High-Tech Gadgets Help Truckers Comply with HOS Regulations
Similar to how companies like Apple long ago put our music collections on our cell phones, other tech-based businesses have made huge strides in simplifying life for truck drivers and the carriers that monitor their driving patterns. GPS technology has become a standard tool of the road for drivers everywhere, guiding people to points all […]
Truck Driver Break Laws at Issue in Federal Appeals Court
Anybody with a connection to the commercial trucking industry should pay careful attention to a pending federal appeals court ruling concerning California’s law on truck driver breaks. Whichever ruling the court hands down has the potential to send ripples across the trucking industry nationwide. At issue is California’s meal- and rest-break law, which mandates that […]
FMCSA Continues Grappling with Entry-Level Truck Driver Training Rules
When you consider all that has happened in this country in the past two decades, it’s somewhat remarkable to then think about one thing that hasn’t happened. We’re still trying to establish entry-level truck driver training requirements. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration continued down the long road to creating those standards when it recently […]
