Approximately 500,000 semi truck or commercial truck accidents occur each year in the United States. Tragically, about 5,000 of these accidents result in fatalities. In fact, one out of every eight traffic fatalities in the United States involves a semi truck, a big rig, or a commercial truck. The state of Florida ranks number three [...]
Jan 23 2012 | Posted in
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American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves urges policymakers to avoid jumping to conclusions based on highway fatality figures released today by the Department of Transportation. “Every fatality on our highways is a tragedy, and the uptick in the 2010 preliminary report concerns us deeply. Without more information and analysis, though, it is difficult [...]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2011 — Safety groups, families of truck crash victims, and labor today joined U.S. Representatives Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Jackie Speier (D-CA) at a press conference to support revising the truck driver hours of service (HOS) rule to reduce driver fatigue, a major safety issue. A House Oversight and Government Reform [...]
Dec 1 2011 | Posted in
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Over 42.5 million motorists are expected to ravel over 50 miles or more this Thanksgiving Holiday (Wednesday – Sunday), making it one of the busiest holiday travel times of the year. A group of elite professional truck drivers with millions of accident-free miles are offering advice on how to navigate through highway traffic and arrive [...]
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American Trucking Associations President and CEO Bill Graves praised the efforts of the nation’s truck drivers, safety directors and law enforcement officers today for their contribution to the continued progress in the industry’s safety record. “Based on the latest report from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, fatal crashes involving a large truck have fallen [...]
Many tragic tractor-trailer crashes could be avoided on Virginia’s highways if the U.S. Department of Transportation adopts a proposal to bar commercial drivers from using cell phones while driving, Petersburg personal injury attorney Charles H. Cuthbert, Jr., said today. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently recommended a complete cell phone ban for commercial truck [...]
Truck accidents are some of the most devastating accidents out there, and the reason are fairly obvious. Trucks, and when I say trucks I’m referring to semi-trucks or tractor trailer trucks, are the largest vehicle on the road, outweighing most other vehicles by thousands of pounds. And when one of those trucks hits another vehicle, [...]
Jun 7 2010 | Posted in
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The National Transportation Safety Board is dispatched a Go Team to investigate the fatal crash involving a tractor-trailer and a van in Kentucky.At about 5:15 Central Daylight Time this morning, a tractor- trailer crossed the median of Interstate 65 near Munfordville, Kentucky and struck a 15-passenger van head on. State Police report multiple fatalities in [...]
Apr 22 2010 | Posted in
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Under California law, an employee must establish three essential elements in order to state a claim for personal injuries against his employer outside the workers’ compensation system. Case name:McMullan v. Permatex, Inc., et al., No. SACV 08-0673 DOC RNBx C.D. Cal. 12/08/08. Ruling: The U.S. District Court, Central District of California ruled that an employee’s [...]
