I’m just a trucking accident trial lawyer in Georgia, and it’s been over three decades since my last economics class in college. Therefore, even though I read the Wall Street Journal and Investors Business Daily more or less regularly, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that my blog post about…
At a trucking litigation seminar in New Orleans last spring, I had the opportunity to pinch hit for Allan J. Kam, who consults on federal motor carrier safety issues around the country. Mr. Kam is the preeminent authority on how politicians and the trucking industry have blocked safety changes that…
As a lawyer handling catastrophic trucking accidents, I have repeatedly seen the deadly effects of driver fatigue as truckers are pushed beyond their physical limits by trucking companies and shippers. Now the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday recommended that trucking companies and the government place increased emphasis on making…
As a truck accident trial lawyer, I’m neither an economist nor an investment guru. However, I have ridden through a few economic cycles during my career. Earlier I wrote about some of the short term implications of the current Wall Street debacles on trucking and insurance. I expect to see…
As a truck accident trial lawyer in Atlanta, I’m puzzling over how the falling dominoes in the current crisis on Wall Street will impact the trucking and insurance industries. High fuel prices, hurricanes, dependence on foreign oil, the subprime mortgage mess, the economic rise of China and India, the cost…
Georgia has seen two catastrophic armored truck accidents within the past week, at Calhoun and Tucker. Gordon County officer killed. On August 22nd near Calhoun, Gordon County ordinance enforcement officer Kathy Cox was killed when a Loomis Fargo armored truck failed to stop behind a slowing vehicle, veered into the…
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…
As a Georgia trucking safety trial lawyer based in Atlanta, I often see the tragic effects of fatigue among truck drivers who are pushed by trucking companies and shippers to perform beyond the normal limits of human capability. On the other side of the Atlantic, SafeDrive Europe has released its…
The inside of a truck cab offers more electronics and gadgets than ever before. A trucker can monitor how his truck and engine are performing, GPS mapping to stay on the right route, email communications with his dispatcher, cell phone conversations with family, and perhaps a reckless few play a…
In my trucking trial law practice as an attorney in Atlanta, I see too many trucking accidents where drug use — including prescription medications — is a contributing factor. Recently the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report on truckers’ drug tests that explains why and how. The GAO report…