Causes of Truck Accidents - Stewart J. Guss, Attorney At Law

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ucking indust

y is

esponsible fo

moving the goods

e need

nt th

oughout the count

s le

s in the oil

nd g

s indust

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nd Louisi

e especi

lly depending on t

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nspo

t thei

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tes.

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uck d

ive

s don’t h

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th of

ccident bec

use thei

big

igs p

otect them f

om inju

nd f

lity;

nd, T

UCKING COMP

NIES

E ONLY

OIED

BOUT THEI

BOTTOM LINE, so they continue to push thei

ive

s h

ithout

d fo

the s

fety of othe

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tion fo

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missing

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void c

using

uck

ccident,

nd most impo

ntly,

void celess

nd negligent t

uck d

ive

ho c

use t

uck

ccidents.

Negligent T
uck D
ive
s C
use T
uck
ccidents!<
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s p
ofession
l d
ive
s, the l holds t
ucke
s to
highe
st
nd

d th
n othe
moto
ists,
s it should. They

e
equi
ed to comply
ith
ules
nd
egul
tions set by the<
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l Moto
C
ie
S
fety
dministtion<> (FMCS
). Even
ith
ll the
ules
nd
egul
tions in pl
ce, m
ny t
ucke
s still m
ke b
d choices behind the
heel,
hich le
d to seve
e
nd de
dly consequences fo
those
ith
hom they she the
o
d. The FMSCepo
ts m
ny diffe
ent types of negligent beh
vio
s
nd l viol
tions
hich c
use t
uck
ccidents. They include:

Dist

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iving<
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Fede

l<
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ohibits t
ucke
s f
om using thei
cell phone >
ithout
h
nds-f
ee fe
tu
e.
hen they choose to igno
e this l, they put othe
s on the
o
d
t
isk. Cell phones, ho
eve
,

e not the only dist

ction
hich c
n c
use
t
uck
ccident. Othe
distcting beh
vio
s include pe
son
l g
ooming,
djusting thei
dio o
C.B., p
og

mming
GPS, e
ting, d
inking,
e
ching fo
something on the floo
, tching
nothe
event outside the t
uck,
nd d
yd
e
ming.
ny
ction th
t t
kes
t
ucke
’s h
nds off the
heel, eyes off the
o
d, o
mind off d
iving c
n be
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ds to
seve
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f
t
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uck csh.

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The FMSC
estim
tes
pp
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tely one thi
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l t
uck
ccidents e speed-
el
ted<>. Even though t
uck d
ive
s kno
they need to keep thei
h
nds on the
heel, d
ive cefully,
nd not speed to m
int
in cont
ol of thei
t
uck, some still m
ke poo
choices.
hen t
ucke
s d
ive ove
the posted speed limit o
tveling too f
st fo
conditions, they don’t h
ve the s
me cont
ol, especi
lly if they need to m
ke
sudden m
neuve
o
one of thei
18-
heele
s blo
s
ti
e. M
ny t
ucks h
ve
egul
to
s th
t p
event them f
om tveling too f
st. In f
ct, the FMSCepo
ts most t

cto
-tile
c

shes occu
bet
een 50
nd 55 miles pe
hou
. This suggests th
t t
ucke
s
ho go too f
st in inclement
e
the
, pooo
d conditions,
nd he
vy t

ffic

e the most d
nge
ous culp
its
ho c
use t
uck
ccidents.

T
ilg
ting<
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T
uck d
ive
s e
l

ys in

ush bec
use of thei
long hou
s
nd dem
nding schedules. This c
n le
d to speeding, but it
lso le
ds to follo
ing the vehicle in f
ont of them too closely. Big semis need ext dist
nce
nd time to
pp
op
i
tely
e
ct to sudden stops, tu
ns,
nd othe
h
zds. If d
ive
s t
ilg
te, they might c
use

e

-end collision.
hen
l

ge t
uck
e

-ends
sm
lle
vehicle, it’s neve
just
sm
ll bump
nd sctch. D
ive
s
nd p
ssenge
s, especi
lly those in the b
ckse
t, f
ce g
e
t d
nge
of seve
e inju
y o
de
th
hen
t
uck st
ikes the
e of
vehicle. The FMSC
estim
tes
lge t
uck needs up to 400 feet of stopping dist
nce
hen t

veling
t 55 miles pe
hou
, comped to
bout 140 feet fo
p
ssenge
vehicles. This
equi
es them to le
ve
fou
to five second g
p bet
een the t
uck
nd the c

in f
ont of them,
nd t
ucke
s must double the g
p in inclement
e
the
to
void c
using

e

-end collision.

D
iving
hile Imp
i
ed

The d

nge

s of d

iving unde

the influence

e pushed on television,

dio, podc

sts, movies, ne

s, etc. The

e is NO EXCUSE fo

inking

nd d

iving o

using illeg

l d

ugs

nd d

iving, ESPECI

LLY FO

UCKE

HO E P

OFESSION

L D

IVE

S. Yet, the FMSC

still

equi

es t

ucking comp

nies to pe

ndom d

lcohol sc

eenings on thei

ive

nd sometimes they f

il. It

dy t

kes speci

l skills

nd m

l dexte

ity to cont

big

ig,

dding

lcohol o

ugs to the mix m

kes fo

nge

ous, sometimes de

dly combin

tion. Cont

olled subst

nces imp

uck d

ive

’s

ction time, m

king it difficult fo

them to give the

esponse to t

ffic sign

ls, othe

vehicles,

nd h

ds on the

The FMCS

equi

es the v

st m

ity of t

uck d

ive

s in the United St

tes to hold

comme

l d

ive

s license (CDL), sometimes

ith speci

l endo

sements. T

ucke

s h

uling oil

nd g

s out of Tex

nd Louisi

definitely h

ve to obt

zdous M

ls (H

T) endo

sement. In

ny c

se, d

ive

ho hold

CDL c

nnot f

ug sc

eening no

n they h

lcohol level g

n 0.04. Those

ho f

il these sc

eenings f

ce license suspension, losing thei

job,

nd losing thei

CDL. These consequences

en’t ne

s b

s the p

in,

gony,

nd fin

nci

oes you h

ve to f

ce if you f

ll victim to

uck

ccident c

used by

n imp

ed t

ucke

D
o
sy D
iving

uck d

ive

s h

ve dem

nding schedules

nd long hou

s, plus m

ny must d

ive

t night. It’s unde

ble they might get d

sy, even f

tigued

fteo

king

ys in o

. Yet,

hen d

ive

s don’t folloegul

tions to t

ke m

y b

ks o

listen to thei

bodies

nd stop

hen they

e ti

ed, they

isk f

lling

sleep

t the

heel

nd c

using seve

e t

uck

ccidents. F

tigued d

ive

s don’t even need to f

sleep to c

use

ccident. The FMCSepo

ts th

son

ho h

s gone 18 hou

ithout sleep h

s the s

me level of imp

ment

son

ith

0.08 b

lcohol level. Simply <

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n c

use

ive

to lose cont

ol of his t

uck o

poo

ly judge sp

nd time.
Fede

l l

equi

es t

ucking comp

nies to enfo

ce Hou

s of Se

vice (HOS)

egul

tions,

hich dict

te ho

long

ive

n be on duty

nd behind the

heel e

ch d

nd e

eek. D

ive

ho b

k these

ules on thei

cco

d o

bec

use thei

employe

ces them to viol

te the

egul

tions put othe

isk fo

seve

e, possibly f

ccidents. HOS

egul

tions include:

T
uck d
ive
s c
n d
ive 11 hou
s pe
d
y if they h
ve the p
evious 10 hou
s off-duty.
D
ive
s c
nnot be on duty, stopped o
d
iving, fo
mo
e th
n 14 hou
s e
ch d
y.<
li>
fte
eight st

ight hou
s of d
iving, t
uck d
ive
s must t
ke
30 minute b
e
k.<
li>
D
ive
s c
nnot be on duty mo
e th
n 60 hou
s in seven d
ys o
70 hou
s in eight d
ys.

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ilu
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ucks h

ve blind spots<>,

nd big t

ucks h

ve even bigge

blind spots. Most big

igs

bout 75 feet long

nd thei

blind spots extend

bout 30 feet in f

ont of the c

b, 20 feet behind the t

ile

nd sp

nning

lmost the length of the t

ile

on both sides. T

uck d

ive

s do not h

vie

mio

s, so they must

ely on side mio

nd those mounted on thei

hen t

ucke

ho e in

y, dist

cted, d

sy, o

imp

ed don’t bothe

to check thei

mio

nd cle thei

blind spots, they c

n c

use

dly

ccident

hen they tu

n o

nge l

nes.

T

ffic L

Viol
tions<
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Some t
ucke
s h
ve the philosophy th
t they

e the l

gest vehicles on the
o
d, so they don’t need to comply
ith tffic
egul
tions o
tch fo
othe
moto
vehicle tffic. In
ddition to cell phone use, imp
i
ed d
iving,
nd speeding, t
uck d
ive
s sometimes b
e
k othe
t

ffic l

s,
hich c
n le
d to se
ious o
f
t
l
ccidents. They include:

F
ilu
e to yield to othe
d
ive
s
ho h
ve the
ight of

y

F
ilu
e to obey stoplights, stop signs,
nd othe
t

ffic sign
ls<
li>

M
king
n imp
ope
tu
n
ithout t
king into
ccount th
t semis must s
ing
ide<
li>

Negligent T
ucking Comp
nies C
use T
uck
ccidents!<
h2>
Fede

l l
equi
es t
ucking comp
nies to
egully inspect thei
t
ucks
nd pe
fo
m p
event
tive m
inten
nce to m
ke su
e t
ucks e s
fe to be on the
o
d, o
“
o
d
o
thy.”
hen comp
nies hi
e poo
mech
nics, don’t t

in them
ell, don’t pe
fo
m inspections, o
f
il to fix kno
n issues in
timely m
nne
, they
llo
uns
fe t
ucks on the
o
d. These de
th-t

ps on
heels c
n b
e
k do
n
T
NY MOMENT, c
using
n
ccident bec
use the d
ive
loses cont
ol of the t
uck. Some scenios
he
e negligent t
ucking comp
nies
ho don’t m
int
in thei
t
ucks might c
use
n
ccident include:

F
ilu
e to
ot
te ti
es, ensu
e p
ope

i
p
essu
e,
nd
epl
ce them
hen they e
o
n out<
li>

F
ilu
e to ch
nge bke p
ds,
oto
s,
nd
o
fluid<
li>

F
ilu
e to m
int
in
i
b

ke systems

F
ilu
e to
epl
ce bu
ned out he
dlights, t
illights,
nd tu
n sign
ls

F
ilu
e to test
xles fo
thei

eight-be

ing c
p
city

T
ucking comp
nies
lso hi
e employees to lo
d cgo p
ope
ly, m
king su
e it complies
ith
eight
nd b
l
nce specific
tions of the t
uck
nd ls. Employees must
lso p
ope
ly secu
e cgo, so it doesn’t spill
ll ove
the
o
d.
hen I

ESPONSIBLE T
UCK COMP
NIES hi
e unqu
lified people o
don’t tin them p
ope
ly, the
esult might be
t
e
che
ous
nd m
y c
use f
t
l multi-c collision
hen some o

ll of the c

go spills. In
ddition to the t
uck d
ive
losing cont
ol, othe
vehicles might not h
ve time to
void
collision, stting
de
dly ch
in
e
ction.

C
ll
T
uck
ccident L

ye
No
if You Need Mo
e Info
m
tion<
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hen looking fo t
uck
ccident l fi
m to
ns
e
you
questions, you
ill nt
te
m of committed, hd-
o
king p
ofession
ls
ith
tck
eco
d fo
pu
suing the best outcome possible fo
clients
ho h
ve suffe
ed inju
ies in t
uck
ccidents. You

nt someone
ho c
n b
ck up
h
t they s
y by h
ving
ecove
ed MILLIONS of dolls in d
m
ges fo
t
uck
ccident victims
nd thei
f
milies. Th
t doesn’t gu
ntee
esults fo
you
c
se, but c
n p
omise to pl
ce you in the best possible hands.

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