Safety Cushion: Semi-truck following distances
Recently, I was driving on I-5 in the Pacific Northwest. As is usual for this time of the year, it was raining, and the road was slick. The sky was gray with clouds. Time and time again, big rigs would come up behind my vehicle at high speed, then race past me, spraying water. I was...
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Many travelers upon our public roads suffer serious injuries, and, unfortunately, fatal injuries as a result of truck accidents crashes each and every year. The numbers are far too great. So many truck collisions are caused by a lack of training, qualifications, safety programs, and safety rules. Truck drivers are governed by strict laws, as are motor carrier companies....
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How many times have you seen semi-trucks racing down the road on the bumper of another truck and trailer? Or a huge tractor-trailer riding the bumper of a passenger vehicle on I-5? Probably far too often. What we see on our highways each and every day are truckers in a hurry, racing upon our roadways and following too close...
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Handling trucking crash cases has been a part of my law practice for nearly 30 years—basically since I began the practice of law. Tractor-trailer combinations, as well as other big rigs, can be extremely dangerous while traveling on our public roadways and highways. Handling truck wreck cases requires knowledge of the laws that apply to...
Welcome to Trucking Watchdog – the Trucking Law Blog Continue reading…Welcome to Trucking Watchdog – the Trucking Law Blog
It is an honor to introduce my Trucking Watchdog blog. Handling trucking crash cases has been a part of my law practice for nearly 30 years—basically since I began the practice of law. Tractor-trailer combinations, as well as other big rigs, can be extremely dangerous while traveling on our public roadways and highways. Handling truck wreck...
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