Understanding How Lockdown Neglect May Affect Truck Accident Rates With fewer people on the road than ever due to the coronavirus pandemic, accident rates have dropped by 67% during the quarantine. However, the sad reality is that this good news will not last forever. As things return to normal, analysts fear there may be more…
How COVID-19 Will Affect Truck Accidents and Lawsuits The coronavirus pandemic has had far-reaching impacts on the economy, especially in the trucking industry. In some ways, this has increased the risks for drivers as over 70% of the country’s goods are shipped on the roadways. Moreover, there could be impacts on the judicial system for…
Empty shelves at grocery stores is not something Americans are used to seeing. Limits on buying toilet paper and paper towel rolls is an alien concept. Scenes of hordes of panicked shoppers fighting with one another is usually something reserved for Black Friday news stories. All non-essential businesses are closed. Even essential businesses, like truck…
Why Electronic Logging Devices Are Important in Truck Accident Cases According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 4,136 people were killed in trucking accidents in 2018, and many more suffered serious injuries. Because of the risks involved with large truck accidents, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration mandates that all commercial trucks have electronic…
The Most Common Causes of Large Truck Accidents Requiring a New Jersey Truck Accident Attorney According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 72% of the people who died in large truck crashes in 2017 were occupants of other vehicles. Occupants of large trucks made up 18% of the victims, and 10% were cyclists or…
Seizures, Stroke and Commercial Truck Driving Safety According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the trucking industry ranks third on a list of the top deadly occupations in the United States. At 12 percent, the fatality rate has several contributors, and one of the biggest is obesity. Some health issues, such as strokes and…
How a New Jersey Truck Accident Lawyer Investigates a Truck Accident Case According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, about 145,000 people were injured in truck accidents in 2017. That was the highest annual total in about 20 years. If you are a victim of a truck accident, it is important to know how…
The Dangers of Runaway Commercial Trailers Concern NJ Truck Accident Lawyer The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that over 95% of fatalities resulting from commercial truck accidents actually involved the occupants of passenger vehicles. While these figures include all types of large truck collisions, many of the fatalities came from runaway trailer accidents. The…
Electronic Data Available for Building a Legal Case by Truck Accident Lawyers New Jersey Problems with the paper log system compelled the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, or FMCSA, to implement a mandate that commercial trucks must have an electronic logging device, or ELD. This law went into effect in April of 2018. However, a…
