Here is a remarkable video of a tractor trailer tipping over on a straight, level road. My hunch is that it was caused by a load shift due to improper loading. It is usually the truck driver who is most likely to be injured in such incidents. Since truck drivers…
A West Georgia Ambulance driver crossed the center line and crashed head on into a truck in Carrollton on Monday. Reportedly the ambulance was not on an emergency call. Both drivers were injured. The ambulance driver was transported by helicopter to Atlanta Medical Center. Here’s the most pertinent portion of…
It was in March 2007 that a tour bus carrying the Bluffton University baseball team crashed in Atlanta. Without seatbelts required in Europe and Austrailia, but not in the US, there were unnecessary deaths. Working on that case was an education. Now the National Transportation Safety Board has issued a…
This morning a MARTA bus rolled over on the ramp from I-285 to I-20 eastbound. It is a tight curving ramp with signs warning everyone to slow down and pictogram signs warning large vehicles the risk of rollover. Frankly, a truck or bus simply won’t roll over if the driver…
The hard questions are not between good and bad, but between good and good, and between bad and bad. That maxim is illustrated in a New York Times article by Josh Voorhees about Charles Hurley, the nominee to become administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The conflict is…
A a trucking safety attorney in Atlanta, two of the federal agencies I watch most closely are the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The President’s nominee to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is Charles A. Hurley, CEO of Mothers Against Drunk Driving…
In March 2007, a tour bus carrying the Bluffton University baseball team from Ohio to Florida mistakenly took the Northside Drive exit from the left HOV lane on I-75 in Atlanta and crashed off a bridge at the top of the ramp. The National Transportation Safety Board issued a report…
The US Department of Transportation has announced a new data warehouse and web portal that enables government agencies to share information about hazardous shipments throughout the country. The new Hazardous Intelligence Portal will compile data from 26 different sources about hazardous materials shipments by truck, rail, air, pipeline, barge and…
Today’s Los Angeles Times carries an article by Scott Glover reporting that the FBI suspects that serial killers working as long-haul truck drivers may be responsible for murders of hundreds of prostitutes, hitchhikers and stranded motorists whose bodies have been dumped near interstate highways over the past 30 years. The…
While my law practice primarily involves representing individuals and families in injury and death claims caused by negligent trucking companies, I get a lot of calls from truck drivers. Some of them are bright, sophisticated people. Last week I had a call from a truck driver who has a master’s…