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om Houston’s mny
efineies out to the
est of the county,
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n id="E89">Tucking is
stessful job. T
uckes
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s fovege py
nd live y f
om thei f
milies fo long st
etches of time. Unsup
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s tun to d
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lcohol
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mphet
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n id="E102">Ech of these d
ugs cn p
ove potentilly f
tl to othe
dive
s on the o
d. Fo ex
mple, lcohol
nd mijun
cn slo
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ction times, educe
ection times,
nd induce sleepiness. Cocine
nd mphet
mines cn give d
ives
tempoy high but c
use othe he
lth poblems; they c
n lso encou
ge t
uckes to eng
ge in isky beh
vios, such
s speeding o t
ilgting.
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ucke
s
ho
e
e inju
ed on the job
lso might feel p
essu
e to
etu
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o
k
s soon
s possible bec
use they need the money o
fe getting fi
ed. These d
ive
s
e
t
isk of
busing p
esc
iption p
inkille
s to help them get th
ough the d
y. Ho
eve
, these p
inkille
s
lso h
ve se
ious side effects such
s f
tigue o
dec
e
sed concenttion,
hich m
ke ecks on the
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d mo
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n id="E106">Texting o Spe
king on the Phone<sp
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n id="E109">The next time you dive to the
stodome o
the Museum of Fine ts, check out ho m
ny people e eithe t
lking on thei phone o
textingem
iling behind the heel. You’ll p
obbly see quite
feho feel the uge to shoot off
messge o
e
d someone else’s text hile d
iving. They should esist th
t uge. Texting o
tlking on the phone d
m
ticlly dec
eses you
ttention
nd ince
ses the likelihood tht you’ll get in
n ccident.
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n id="E111">Studies sho th
t distcted diving is even
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ous fo
t
ucke
s. Conside
the follo
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tistics:
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n id="E124">Fotun
tely, fedel l pohibits using h
nd-held cell phones nd texting o
emiling
hile behind the heel. T
uckes c
n use h
nd-held cell phone if they pull ove to the side of the
od,
nd they cn use h
ndless devices hile d
iving. Nevetheless, some d
ives t
ke the chnce of using
hnd-held phone
hile out on the o
d, hich c
n led to inju
ies suffeed by unsuspecting d
ives.
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n id="E126">Speeding nd Othe
gg
essive Diving
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n id="E128">Mny t
uckes
e unde
enomous st
ess to get to thei destin
tions on shot de
dlines, hich c
n cuse them to speed
nd engge in othe
gg
essive diving t
ctics: se
ving, unning
ed lights, tilg
ting, nd
pidly ch
nging lnes.
hen tight de
dline combines ith d
ug olcohol use, tucke
s cn e
sily slm into
n unsuspecting vehicle, nd even you
best defensive diving skills might not help you
void costly
eck.
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n id="E130">Impope
ly Secued C
go
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n id="E132">hen c
go is imp
opely secu
ed, it cn come flying off the t
uck nd st
ike vehicles, focing them off the
od.
ccoding to
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shes th
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n 500 de
ths
nd
nothe
39,000 inju
ies. Common flying deb
is includes:
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ly loded c
go c
n lso unb
lnce
lge tuck
s the cgo shifts ound inside it. Becuse of this imb
lnce, t
ucks e t
ge
teisk of olling ove
if gusts of ind hit them. Semi-t
ucks cn
lso jckknife o
spin ound if the dive
ties to m
ke sudden tu
n ith imb
lnced c
go.
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n id="E153">Poving T
ucke Negligence
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n id="E155">To in you
lsuit, you’ll need evidence to convince ju
y tht the t
uckes negligent. T
uckes
e unlikely to
dmit tht they did d
ugs, sped, o c
elessly secu
ed cgo, so you’ll need skilled t
ffic
ccident lyeho knos ho
to feet out the necessy evidence. Fo ex
mple, you l
ye
ill kno
ho to subpoen
telephone eco
ds to uncovehethe the d
ive t
lked on the phone o sent
text messge
hen the ccident took pl
ce. You t
ffic
ccident lye c
n lso question the t
uck dive
unde o
th in deposition.
lye c
n lso
equest medicl
ecods th
t might sho ptte
n of dug o
lcohol
ddiction. ll of this pe
susive evidence could p
ove tht
tucke
’s negligence behind the heel c
used youccident.<sp
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n id="E159">If negligent t
uck dive
injued you o
you loved ones, the l
might entitle you to compens
tion. The tem
t Stet J. Guss,
ttoney
t L, hs helped countless innocent victims get the compens
tion they deseve so they c
n begin ep
iing thei
lives. <sp
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isk consult
tion
ith one of outto
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t 800-898-4877.
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ny fees upf
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nd
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