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Friday, August 29, 2008
Sleeping truck driver produces fatal 10-car pile-up
Pennsylvania authorities recently announced that the driver of a truck responsible for a ten-car pile-up there last month that produced one fatality was asleep behind the wheel at the time of the wreck.
Federal regulations limit the number of hours that a truck driver can be behind the wheel of a truck. The reason for this is that studies have shown that drivers who are on the road when they are over-tired have the same problems controlling their vehicles as intoxicated drivers. Tired drivers are more prone to get involved in major trucking crashes.
With the great size and power of commercial trucks, the purpose of that regulation is to prevent serious injuries and wrongful death accidents. When a driver falls asleep behind the wheel, this raises serious issues as to the falsification logs which track the activities of the driver for measuring compliance with the regulations. This has the potential to anger the jury and motivate them to award higher damages than they would otherwise.
Federal regulations limit the number of hours that a truck driver can be behind the wheel of a truck. The reason for this is that studies have shown that drivers who are on the road when they are over-tired have the same problems controlling their vehicles as intoxicated drivers. Tired drivers are more prone to get involved in major trucking crashes.
With the great size and power of commercial trucks, the purpose of that regulation is to prevent serious injuries and wrongful death accidents. When a driver falls asleep behind the wheel, this raises serious issues as to the falsification logs which track the activities of the driver for measuring compliance with the regulations. This has the potential to anger the jury and motivate them to award higher damages than they would otherwise.
Labels: truck accidents, wrongful death
posted by Barry Doyle at 8:00 AM
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