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Should there be a mandatory retirement age for truck drivers?

Driver fatigue is a major cause of catastrophic truck crashes. Michigan attorney Terry Coleman suggests that the correlation of fatigue, slow reaction time and aging should lead to imposing a mandatory retirement for truck drivers at age 65, the same age at which airline pilots are required to retire. While…

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Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee agenda

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee announced a telephone conference meeting for Monday, December 1, 2008 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST. Here is the rather opaque agenda that has been announced. 1. Call to Order Larry W. Minor, Designated Federal Official, MCSAC 2. Opening…

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Obama transition team hears truck safety debate points

While my perspective is that of a trial lawyer handling truck and bus accident injury cases in Atlanta, Georgia, it is necessary to keep up with developments nationally. Therefore, I am following how trucking safety issues are on the agenda for the new administration in Washington. Last Monday, the transportation…

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FMCSA Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee meetings on Dec. 1 and 10

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC) announced on November 26th, the day before the Thanksgiving holiday, that it will hold committee meetings on Dec. 1, the day after the holiday weekend, and Dec. 10. The announcement did not include any indication of what will…

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Road Safe America promotes Drive Safer Sunday

Today’s issue of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution includes an article by Steve Owings, who founded Road Safe America after his son was killed by a speeding tractor trailer on cruise control six years ago. Having met Steve and learned of his motivation to make the roads safer for everyone, I’m just…

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Truck wreck kills three in hazardous weather

In my trucking litigation law practice, I all too often see fatal truck accidents that happen in bad weather Despite a federal safety regulation requiring “extreme caution” in hazardous weather, and instructions in the Commercial Drivers License Manual to slow down by at least one-third, truckers under economic pressure from…

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Senate committee blasts Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for failure to protect public on driving hours and drug testing

As an Atlanta trial lawyer handling trucking accident cases throughout Georgia, and occasionally in neighboring states, I watch doings at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) with considerable interest. The news about FMCSA coming out of Washington this week was pretty scathing. The Senate Appropriations Committee’s Transportation, Housing and…

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Trucking companies responsible for their drivers even if they evade regulations

As a trucking accident trial lawyer, I occasionally see trucking companies try to evade responsibility for their driver. Generally, that is covered adequately by 49 C.F.R. § 390.5 which in the interstate trucking context defines “employee” to include “an independent contractor while in the course of operating a commercial motor…

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