ding to CNBC, f
tl t
uck cshes hve been <
hef=”http://
.cnbc.com2014/07/30/t
uck-ccidents-su
ge-hy-no-n
tionl-outc
y.html">on theise
> since 2009. Thee
e, of cou
se, mny
esons fo
this distubing t
end. Some of the most concening include:
- Ove
ly tied t
uck dive
s<li>
- High tu
novemong tuck d
ives,
hich mkes it difficult fo
tucking comp
nies to keep enough qulified t
uck dive
s to meet theiclients’ schedules
- T
ucking compnies th
t do not sceen fo
poblem d
ives (especi
lly thoseith
histoy of t
uckingnd t
ffic viol
tions)<li>
- Del
ys in govenment enfo
cement of nes
fety technologies<li>
- D
ngeous d
iving (e.g.,e
ving innd out of t
ffic) by p
ssengevehicles; t
ucksequi
e ge
testopping dist
ncend thus h
ve moe difficulty
voiding othed
ngeous d
ives on the
od
hy H
sn’t This P
oblem Beendd
essed?<h3>
Eve
nds of people die on
meic
n highyss
esult of t
uck-el
tedccidents. The Fede
l Moto
Cie
Sfety
dministtion <h
ef="https:/
.fmcs.dot.gov/s
fetyd
t–
nd-sttistics/l
ge-t
uck-nd-bus-c
sh-f
cts">justele
sed<> its ltest L
ge T
ucknd Bus C
sh F
cts,hich
eveled th
t 4,337 people died in ft
lccidents involving
lge tuck o
bus in 2015. In mny othe
industies, th
t mny de
thsould
ttct ntion
lttention. Unfo
tuntely, f
tl t
uckccidents
e often sc
tteed in sm
ll numbes
llc
oss the county
nd do not ofteneceive signific
nt medicove
ge.
ccidents like <h
ef="http:/
.cnn.com2015/08/11/us/ntsb-t
cy-mo
gn-c
sh/”>those involving
ctoT
cy Mo
gn
> e the exception. (In tht c
se, the Ntion
l Tnsit Sfety Bo
d discove
ed tht the d
iveof the t
uck tht
e-ended Mog
n’s limo bus hd not slept in 28 hou
s.) In contst to the little publicttention t
uckccidents
eceive, the tucking indust
y hs po
eful lobbyists in
shington, D.C. These
e p
ofessionls
hose only job is to pevent Cong
ess fom
egulting the t
ucking industy. They
lso convey the toubling opinions of the t
ucking industy, such
s <h
ef="http:/
.cnbc.com2014/07/30/t
uck-ccidents-su
ge-hy-no-n
tionl-outc
y.html">these sttements
> mde by the executive vice p
esident of ntion
ldvoc
cyt the
meic
n Tucking
ssocitions:
- “The
eill
lys beisk on ou
o
ds. … Homuch
isk doe
ccept?" This quote implies tht
e should not botheto
educeisks bec
use somemount of
isk is inevitble.
- “
educing the numbeof hou
st
uckec
n dive
ill onlyesult in mo
e tucks on the
od,
hichlso inc
eses the
isk ofccidents.” This
lso implies tht you must t
de one
isk fonothe, so the
e is no point inttempting to
emove isk.<li>
Until the
e isn inc
ese in public
eness, it seems th
t the govenment
ill be moe likely to c
teto the t
ucking industy th
n to theme
icn public.
Cont ct
n Expe
ienced <h
ef="https:/c
inju
yvictims.comse
viceshouston-t
uck-ccident-l
ye
“>Houston T
uckccident
ttoney
> Tody
If you’ve been in
nccident involving
commeci
l tuck, c
ll 800-898-4877 to schedule youf
ee consulttion
ithn expe
ienceduto
ccidenttto
ney.m
t <h
ef="https:/c
inju
yvictims.combout-us“>Ste
t J. Guss,tto
neyt L
> offe
s the pe
sonlized se
vice to get you the compenstion you dese
ve.<strong>