Category : Truck Accidents

NTSB Urges Cell Phone Ban for Truck Drivers

September 20th, 2011
Cell phone ban for commercial truck drivers

The ban is a safety measure to help prevent accidents.

After recommending a ban on texting while driving for commercial truck drivers, and getting the Department of Transportation to announce such a ban, the National Transportation Safety Board now recommends a cell phone ban for truck drivers to prevent them from using their phones while driving.

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Trucking Group Wants Federal Legislation to Drop Trucking Safety Proposals

September 12th, 2011
Truck safety is very important

Truckers are forced to often drive for long periods of time without any rest.

A prominent trucking group is calling on the federal administration to drop critical new trucking safety proposals that will reduce the consecutive numbers of hours that a truck driver can drive.  According to the American Trucking Associations, the existing rules in their current format are very effective, and have been proven to be safe. Los Angeles truck accident lawyers would have to disagree with that.

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Truck Driver Shortages Could Magnify Los Angeles Accident Risks

September 4th, 2011
Truck Driver Shortages

Truck driver shortages encourage companies to hire less qualified drivers, increasing accident risks

Over the next few years, the trucking industry is likely to face a qualified truck driver shortagesLos Angeles trucking accident lawyers have concerns that these shortages could encourage companies to hire less-than-qualified drivers, increasing accident risks.

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Two Killed in Monterrey Truck Accident

September 1st, 2011
Truck accident fatalities

A woman and a 4 year old boy were killed in an accident involving a truck in Monterrey.

A woman and a four-year-old boy were killed in a Monterrey truck accident after their vehicles were struck by an out-of-control 18-wheeler. The two victims were in two separate vehicles on Highway 156. The woman was in a Honda Accord, which was struck by a truck when she stopped to make a left turn into a driveway. The Accord was sent spinning into traffic. The truck then hit a Chrysler Sebring, pushing that car off the road. In the Sebring were a woman and her four-year-old son. The boy and the driver of the Accord sustained serious injuries, and were rushed to the hospital where they died later. The boy’s mother also sustained injuries. The truck driver suffered minor injuries in the accident.

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NHTSA Likely to Require Stability Control Systems on Trucks Soon

August 31st, 2011
Stability control systems improve safety

Stability control systems can help prevent accidents.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s proposal to require stability control systems on trucks is receiving mixed reactions from the trucking industry.  However, Los Angeles truck accident lawyers have been strongly supportive of any plans to mandate rollover prevention technologies.

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Speeding Truck Blamed on Fatal Woodland Accident

August 11th, 2011
The woodland truck accident killed 3 people

A speeding truck is being blamed for the accident that killed three people.

The California Highway Patrol believes that a speeding bobtail truck may have caused a Fatal Woodland Accident that killed three people.  Several other people, including the driver of the truck, sustained injuries in the accident.

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Mexican-US Trucking Deal Raises Safety Concerns

August 7th, 2011
The new mexican trucking deal raises safety concerns.

The new trucking deal raises safety concerns.

A Mexican US trucking deal which allows mexican trucks to operate inside the United States in return for the lifting of tariffs on American goods sold in Mexico has been greeted with elation by industry interests.  However, Los Angeles truck accident lawyers are concerned about the trucking safety concerns that come with allowing Mexican trucks to operate in the country.

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Pickup Driver in Tipton Accident Allegedly Driving with an Expired License

August 7th, 2011
driving with an expired license

The pickup truck driver was driving with an expired license at the time of the accident

New information is coming in about the accident near Tipton that killed a pickup driver and two teenagers in a juvenile probation van.  The pickup truck driver was driving with an expired license at the time of the accident.

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Victim’s Mother Files Lawsuit against the FMCSA

August 3rd, 2011
Truck accident victim's mother now filing a lawsuit against the FMCSA

The mother of one of the victims is now suing the FMCSA.

The mother of a man who was killed in a truck accident last year has filed a lawsuit against the FMCSA, claiming that the agency allowed the trucking company to operate in spite of several safety violations.

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NTSB Urges Mandatory Truck Stability Control Systems after a Tanker Truck Accident

August 2nd, 2011
tanker truck accident

Stability control system could prevent tanker truck accidents

The National Transportation Safety Board has made a series of recommendations as part of its report into a tanker truck accident in Indiana.  Some of the recommendations have been strongly supported by Los Angeles truck accident lawyers for years now.

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