As of December 4, 2015, pursuant to the FAST Act of 2015, much of the information previously available on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) website related to a trucking company’s safety performance will no longer be displayed publicly. This will prevent easy access to the public and to others who want to
New Hours of Service (HOS) Regulations Start Today
The new Hours of Service (HOS) regulations go into effect today. In many ways these regulations are simply the old, pre-President Bush, regulations with some minor changes. Nonetheless, you can expect the trucking industry to be up in arms. I have posted on the new HOS previously HERE
The outrage is primarily because the trucking
Fat Truck Drivers More Likely to Kill – Study Says 54% More Likely to Crash in First Two Years
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) has long been know to be a problem in the trucking industry. A recent study confirms overweight drivers are more likely to be involved in a crash, 54% more likely than other drivers! The researchers stated that OSA is most likely the cause of the increased crash risk.
Drivers who have OSA fail to
Roadcheck 2011 Results
So what was good and bad about Raodcheck 2011? The following Chart of Violations tells the story:
REPORT VIOLATIONS OF THE FMCSR – (888) 368-7238
Every so often drivers ask me how to report a company that forces them to work over hours, or drive unsafe equipment. The government has set up a toll free hotline to take these complaints and start an investigation. The DOT website to report violations can be found here and states:
The Motor Carrier Safety
Underride Collsions Preventible Tragedies
A new study, discussed below, by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows that rear truck underride guards are inadequate, and collisions like the one shown above should never have the catastrophic damages that they so often do in the US.
Now there are many reasons that cars hit tractor trailers in the rear, sometimes it is
FMCSA CAVES TO TRUCKING INDUSTRY – STATES BOTTOM 1% FOR SAFETY NO LONGER DEFICIENT
The FMCSA CSA 2010 program has dropped the "deficient" category from SafeStat that found trucking companies, in the bottom 25% for driver, vehicle, or company safety, to be "deficient." The new CSA 2010 rating, announced November 18, 2010 without fanfare, will only be an "alert." Specifically the old SafeStat system states:
"To obtain a SafeStat score, a carrier must
Morgan Adams Published Nationally on Trucking Accident Litigation
I am happy to announce that my book chapter "Trucking Accident Litigation" has been published by West Publishing, the nations largest and most respected legal publisher. The chapter is published in the multi-volume set Handling Motor Vehicle Accident Cases, 2d.
West allows one author per topic and I was chosen to write the chapter on commercial truck
Texting by Truckers Banned – Risk of Wreck 23.2 Times Greater for Texting Drivers
The Final Rule banning texting by Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) drivers was published today in the Federal Register (see: 75 FR 59118). While the full text of the rule can be downloaded from the above link, some key points to remember are:
- The Final Rule is effective today, September 27, 2010
- Texting increases the