I have been fortunate to work with many great lawyers around the country on Truck Accident, Spinal Cord and Brain Injury cases. One such lawyer is Pete Everett of Fairfax, Virginia. Pete Everett, a great trucking lawyer who has a breathtaking knowledge of traumatic brain injuries, sent me the following information on a new sleep apnea study in the Australian trucking
Fatigue in truck Crashes
DANGERS OF TRUCK DRIVERS WITH SLEEP APNEA
By Morgan Adams on
Posted in Hours of Service, Sleep Apnea
The FMCSA and the trucking industry knows how dangerous sleep apnea is for a truck driver. The FMCSA states HERE that:
Staying awake means staying alive. Sleep apnea is a major contributor to daytime drowsiness—a condition that could prove deadly for commercial truck drivers and everyone sharing the road with them. It is a condition where…
TRUCK INDUSTRY TRIES TO HIDE EVIDENCE OF FATIGUE BY US SENATE BILL
By Morgan Adams on
Posted in Roadcheck
First a bit of background:
Electric on Board Recorders (EOBR’s) will soon be universally required in the trucking industry. This is a good thing as I have blogged about before here. Rules just passed by the FMCSA in April (See here) currently require only the bottom 10% of all trucking companies to use them. EOBR’s keep track of…