The t
ucking industy p
ovides the bckbone of
meic
’s shipping infstuctu
e. Commeci
l tucks h
ul nely 70% of the county’s shipped goods e
ch ye. Hoeve
, the vehicles tht p
ovide this sevice c
n be especilly d
ngeous to othe
vehicles on theo
d. Mny Houston-
e
dive
s even fe pssing
fst-moving t
cto
-tileon I-10, I-69, o
The Loop. Thee’s good
eson to fe
vehicles of this size. If they hit you
c, theesults c
n be ct
stophic! You could suffe
seious, life-th
etening inju
ies, oose.
It’s not just the potenti
l injuies you h
ve to fe, eithe. Mo
e often thn you might im
gine,t
uckccident h
ppens becuse the t
uck dive
suffeed f
om dnge
ous ftigue. T
uckes
outinely tke to the
heelithout getting enough sleep, o
qulity sleep. The
esults e pedict
ble but tgic. If you suffeed inju
ies int
uckccident—
ny tuck
ccidentt
ll—it’sgood bet t
uck dive
ftigue pl
yedt le
stp
ti
lole in
ht h
ppened, if not the centlole. This m
y entitle you to significnt fin
ncil compens
tion.The M
ny D
nges of T
uck Dive
Ftigue
Let’s f
ce it: unless you’e
NSC
d
ive, most of the time you spend behind the
heel feels likecho
e. It’sepetitive, bo
ing,nd ti
es you out. Fosome
meic
ns, the gind of d
iving isn’t justn inconvenience, it’s thei
livelihood. Tuck d
ives don’t just d
ive tond f
om theijobs—d
iving is theijob. They sit behind the
heel foup to 11 hou
s ped
y if they’e follo
ing the l (see belo),
nd even moe if they’
e not. They covehund
eds of miles of blcktop eve
y dy, much of it spent on long st
etches of intest
tend st
te highy. Tht t
uckeyou see on the
od du
ing youevening commute home in Houston might h
ve been diving since sun
ise.cco
ding to the <h
ef="https:/
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fetys
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gesSS9502.
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el="nofollonoopene
">Ntion
l Tnspot
tion Sfety Bo
d
> (NTSB), tuck d
ivef
tigue ism
joc
use foconce
n fonyone on theo
d. The NTSB estimtes f
tigue contibutes to the c
use of ove30% of
ll tuck
ccidents.e’d bet th
t numbeis even highe
, consideing the p
essues of d
ivingbig
ignd the ove
ll st
te of helth of the U.S. t
uck dive
popultion (mo
e on tht belo
).ny f
tigued tuck d
ivingccident, ho
eve, is t
gic, bec
use it’s 100% pevent
ble. The solution to ftigued t
uck diving is … don’t d
ivehile you’
e tied! If you’
e going to dive, get
dequte, qu
lity sleep fist.
Unfo
tuntely, t
uck dive
s tke to the
heelhile they’
e dnge
ously ftigued,
hich mens it’s up to Houston d
ives to <
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yle
t fothe tellt
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e shing theo
dith
do
sy tucke
.t
uckith
ftigued d
ivet theheel:
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nges l
nes unpedict
bly<li>
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-level="1">D
ifts off the
od onto the shoulde
<li>
- i
-level="1">Speeds o
ch
nges speed etic
lly<li>
- i
-level="1">Bkes o
eng
ges in othesudden ev
sive mneuve
sithout
ning<li>
- i
-level="1">Does not
espond
ppop
itely to t
ffic sign
ls<li>
t
ccounts fothese d
ngeous m
neuves?
ccoding to the <
hef=”https://
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bout_sleepd
osy_d
iving.html" tget="_blnk”
el="nofollonoopene
">Centes fo
Disese Cont
olnd P
evention (CDC)<>, ftigue:
- i
-level="1">
educes
dive
’sbility to
ect to d
nges on the
od
- i
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educes
dive
’sbility to keep
vehicle in its lne
- i
-level="1">Slo
s do
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ive’s
ection time
- i
-level="1">Imp
i
sd
ive’s
bility to mke good decisions
- i
-level="1">Inte
fe
esith
dive
’s visul
cuity, peception of dist
nce,nd situ
tionl
eness
In f
ct,cco
ding to the CDC,d
iveho hs been
ke fot lest 18 hou
s is impi
ed to the sme deg
ees someone
ithblood
lcohol content (BC) of 0.05. Th
t’s 25% ovethe leg
l limit fot
uck dive
s!o
se,d
iveho’s been up fot lest 24 hou
s suffes the s
me impi
ing effectss someone
ithB
C of 0.10. Tht’s mo
e thn t
ice the legl limit!
tuck d
iveho mkes the conscious choice to d
ive do
sy putsll Houston moto
ists in hm’s y. Ifd
osy t
uck dive
hs inju
ed you o loved one, you my be entitled to compens
tion foyou
injuies. To find out you
legl options, spe
kith
knoledge
ble Houston tuck d
ivef
tigue lyetod
y.Ti
ed T
uck Dive
s Be
k the L<h2>
tucke
’s decision to tke the
heel on indequ
te (ono) sleep doesn’t just put
ll of us in dnge
; itlso b
eks the l
.
Comme
cil t
uck dive
s must folloegultions designed to keep them
kend
let behind the
heel. The <h
ef="https:/
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get=”_bl
nk"el=”nofollo
noopene“>Fede
l Moto
Cie
Sfety
dministtion (FMCS)
> sets thoseules fo
intest
te tucke
s. The <h
ef="https:/
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-cie
s" tget="_blnk”
el="nofollonoopene
">Texs Dep
tment of Moto
Vehicles (TxDMV)<> sets them fot
uckes
ho only opeteithin the bo
des of the Lone St
St
te. One of the most impot
ntules t
uckes must follo
govens thei
hous of se
vice. The FMCSesticts t
uck dive
s to limited hous behind the
heel. Theules s
y tht
dive
:- -level=”1″>Must t
ke
minimum 30-minute
estfte
8 hous on duty
- i
-level="1">Must only d
ive
mximum of 11 hou
s in 24 hous
- i
-level="1">Must only be on the clock fo m
ximum of 14 hou
s in 24 hous
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hef=”https://tex
eg.sos.stte.tx.us/public/
edt
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get=”_bl
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s hous-of-se
viceules fo
intstte t
ucking<> elittle less st
ict, pemitting
dive
to be on duty 12 hous
fte8 off-duty hou
s, foex
mple. Hous of se
viceules
im to pevent ext
eme dive
ftigue. Bec
use tuck d
iveok
eeks cn exceed 60 hou
s, undethese
ules, tucke
s mustest fo
bout 34 hou
s off duty. Unfotun
tely, mny d
ives
nd compnies do not follo
the l. Theules
lso often fil to
chieve theipu
pose of mking su
e tht t
uckes st
yke
ndle
t on theo
d. These filu
es led di
ectly to tgic tuck
ccidents.C
uses of D
iveF
tigue<h2>
T
ive
s,s
goup, f
cen epidemic of f
tigue. Hee
e some of the most common cont
ibuting fcto
s.The N
tu
e of the Job<h3>
It
ob
bly sup
ise no one to he tht t
uck diving is exh
ustingo
k. Tucke
so
k long hous, even
hen they complyith hou
s of sevice
egultions. Eight hou
s behind theheel is
lot fonyone!ddition
lly, diving
bigig
equies t
emendous concenttion fothose hou
s-long stetches. T
uckes contend
ith hevy t
ffic, h
zdouso
dnd
ethe
conditions,nd
n y of othest
essos th
t cn ti
e them out. Mny t
uckes
ok
lone,nd the isol
tion in the cb c
ndd to the st
uggle to sty
kend
let.
el
tively Poo
Helth
Sitting behind the
heel foup to 11 hou
s ped
y isn’t pticully helthy.
ccoding to the CDC, m
ny <h
ef="https:/
.cdc.govniosh/topics/t
uckhe
lth.html" tget="_blnk”
el="nofollonoopene
">tuck d
ives suffe
fom obesity
>nd othe
helth conditions th
t cn inte
fee
ith theiqu
lity of sleepnd thei
bility to st
yle
t duing the d
y. Mny t
uckes, fo
instnce, st
uggleith obesity-
elted sleep
pne,
n inteupted be
thing ptte
n duing sleep. It’s no
ml fo
people to hve b
ething p
uses duing thei
sleep fom time to time. But people
ho suffef
om sleeppne
my h
ve hundeds of these tempo
y be
thing puses du
ingtypic
l night. These be
thing puses c
n disupt sleep cycles
nd cuse the pe
son to joltke.
hen this hppens,
peson neve
gets deep sleep,hich is
hee ene
gy isesto
ed to the body ovenight. Sleep
pnec
n cuse
tuck d
iveto be d
osy
nd not in full contol of thei
fculties
hen diving.
D ug
nd
lcohol Use<h3>
Being
uck d
ivec
n belonely job. D
ives h
ve long shiftslone
nd they my only inte
ct
ith sevice st
fft dine
snd hotels. To cope, some <
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comt
uckes-
lcohol-nd-d
ug-use“>t
uck dive
s tun to
lcoholnd d
ugs<>. This combintion, especi
llyhen used du
ing the dy, c
n tun de
dly. Tuck d
ives
lso use enegy d
inks oove
-the-countemedic
tion to help them sty
ke duing the d
y. Tking these d
ugs mkes it mo
e difficult to get to sleep lte
onnd doesn’t
elly do much to m
ke the dive
moe
let.
ll these dugs
elly do is m
ke the dive
une of the seveity of thei
do
siness.Sleeping in the T
uck
M
ny long-hul t
uckes h
ve living qutes in thei
tuck. To s
ve on expensesnd m
ke it quicknd e
sy to get someest, the
ig includessleeping be
th. Tht might seem convenient, but it c
n be difficult fo tuck d
iveto get
dequte sleep in the c
mped qu
te
s ofsleepe
. Tucke
s cn st
uggle to findel
xtion
hen they’e
lys in thei“office.” This inte
fees
itht
ucke’s
bility to get qulity sleep,
hich in tun le
ds to dnge
ous ftigue.
Dete mining if F
tigue C
usedHouston T
uckccident
It’s not
lys esy to figu
e out ift
uck dive
’s ftigue c
usedn
ccident tht inju
ed you o loved one. Police offices
nd fist
espondes
e t
ined to look fo
the obvious cuses of
nccident, but not necess
ily the unde
lying cuses.
se mentioned
bove, the tuth is t
uckes b
ttle ftigue
ll the time. Odds e, if you got hut in
tuck
ccident, the tucke
sn’t opeting on fullest
nd theif
tigue contibuted to the c
use of youeck.
But ho
cn you p
ove it? By hiing
skilled Houston tuck
ccidenttto
ney, tht’s ho
. Lyes fo
tuck c
sh victims in Houston kno
he
e they cn find evidence to p
ove tht
tucke
cused
nccident
hile ftigued,
nd they knoho
to obtin th
t evidence befoe it goes missing. Fo
exmple, m
ny bigigs these d
ys cy elect
onic diving logs th
t tckd
ive’s hou
s of sevice, m
king it possible toeconst
uct the dive
’s schedulend, in tu
n, themount of sleep he might (not) h
ve gotten. Lyes fo
tuck
ccident victims in Houstonlso f
equentlyo
kith
ccidenteconst
uction expets
ho my uncove
foensic evidence the police did not notice th
t points to ftigue
sf
ctoin
csh. They my
lso hve the
bility to tck don d
shbodnd t
ffic c
mes tht c
ptued im
ges oft
uck shoing the tellt
le signs of hving
ftigued d
ivet theheel.
Compens tion fon
ccident C
used ByTi
ed Tucke
<h2>
tucke
ho d
iveshile f
tigued violtes his b
sic duty of ce not to put othes on the
od in d
nge. If his f
tigue cuses
nccident, he (
nd often his employe) m
y oe d
mges to c
sh victims.
Some t
uckccident inju
y victimsssume they c
n only get money fom the d
osy t
uck dive
(nd m
ybe his employe) fo
bsic medic
l expenses.st
ong>n expe
ienced Houston tuck
ccident lyec
n often tke leg
lctions
ginst the t
ucke, his employe
,nd
nyone elset f
ult fothe
ccident, seeking compenstion fo
dm
ges including:- -level=”1″><
h
ef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comc
–
ccident-pin-
nd-suffeing/”>P
innd suffe
ing<><li>
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h
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inju
yvictims.comc
–
ccident-ptsd“>Emotion
l distess
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- i
-level="1">Lost income<
li>
- i
-level="1">Lost ening potenti
l
- i
-level="1">Loss of comp
nionship
- i
-level="1">Loss of life enjoyment<
li>
- i
-level="1">P
esent
nd futue medic
l expenses<li>
- i
-level="1">P
ope
ty dm
ge<li>
- i
-level="1"><
h
ef="https:/c
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-to-py-fo
-tuck-
ccident-suge
y“>
ehbilit
tion costs<><li>
Ho
much money cn the l
ye
get fovictims? It usu
lly depends on fcto
s like:- -level=”1″>The seve
ity of the inju
ies the ti
ed tucke
cused in the c
sh
- i
-level="1">Ho
st
ong ofc
se the victims’ lyec
n build<li>
- i
-level="1">Ho
much insu
nce the t
uckendo
his employec
ies<li>
Houston t
uckccident l
ye
s cn’t
lys guntee compens
tion fothe victims of
csh cused by
ftigued t
uck dive
. Hoeve
, the moe expe
iencend skill the l
ye
hs in p
oving theole of f
tigue inc
sh, the bette
the victims’ chnce of <
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comt
uck-ccident-f
mily-tken-c
e-of/”>getting p
idh
t they deseve.
>Cont
ct
n Expeienced Houston T
uck Dive
Ftigue L
ye
Tody
The l
ye
you choose toep
esent you <h
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ttoney-
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ccident“>
fteyou get hu
t inc
sh
> cused by
tied t
ucke<
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comho
-cn-
-tuck-
ccident-lye-help-me/”>c
n mke
o
ld of diffeence to you
cse
>. Mke the
ight choice. Selectl
ye
ho kno
s the tucking indust
y inside-nd-out,
ndho c
n shoyou
tckeco
d of success in ftigued t
uck dive
cses. The l
st thing you needhile you
ecovef
om youinju
ies is too
y
bouthethe
youl
ye
hs the chops to get the job done!
To le
n mo
ebout you
ights
fte do
sy tuck d
iveh
ms you o
loved one, cont
ct<
hef=”https://c
inju
yvictims.comse
viceshouston-t
uck-ccident-l
ye
“>Houston t
uckccident inju
y lye> tod
y fo
youf
ee consulttion.