Topic
Driver Fatigue
62 published works
Truck Injury Lawyer Blog
Fatigue Apparently Kills Seven Prison Guards In Alabama
By Morgan Adams
An October 2008 has killed seven in Alabama, a tragedy that appears to have been preventable. The truck driver, who was in charge of the approximately 80,000 pound tractor trailer,…
Personal Injury
Driver fatigue study in Canada focuses on individual differences in drivers
By Ken Shigley
As a Georgia attorney focused on representing folks hurt in trucking accidents, I hear a lot of stories about driver fatigue issues, and how the practices of dispatchers and shippers…
Personal Injury
Colorado trucking industry group supports electronic on-board recorders
By Ken Shigley
As a Georgia lawyer representing people who are hurt in trucking accidents – and the families of those who are killed – I see too many cases where it appeared…
Personal Injury
Dart Transport applies for HOS exemption to try another way to manage driver fatigue
By Ken Shigley
The current FMCSA hours of service rule for truck drivers has been subject to much criticism on multiple grounds. Now a Minnesota-based motor carrier has applied for an exemption in…
Truck Injury Lawyer Blog
FAKING EOBR LOG BOOK ENTRIES
By Morgan Adams
Electronic On Board Recorders (EOBR's) have been touted as the best way to eliminate chronic Hours of Service (HOS) violations which lead to fatigue, a major cause of trucking collisions. For…
Employment & Labor
Economic incentives to break trucking hours of service rules
By Ken Shigley
An article in Saturday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper highlights some of the systemic problems with hours of service and driver fatigue in over the road trucking. A few of the…
Truck Injury Lawyer Blog
25% of Truck Drivers Should Not Be Driving due to Fatigue
By Morgan Adams
A reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press stated that, according to the American Trucking Association, 1/4 of its drivers have problems with sleep apnea. See the front page of the…
Personal Injury
Sleeping truck driver kills four in Lawrenceville
By Ken Shigley
Lawrenceville, GA, 7/12/07 - A tractor trailer driver who admitted to police that he had fallen asleep at the wheel rear-ended a Honda at Georgia 316 and US 29. All…
Truck Injury Lawyer Blog
Lack of Seatbelts Leads to Bus Crash Fatality
By Morgan Adams
A tour bus carrying 65 family members crashed at 3AM when the driver fell asleep at the wheel. While everyone onboard was injured, there was one fatality when a 71…
Employment & Labor
FMCSA report on causes of truck wrecks
By Ken Shigley
There are approximately 141,000 truck crashes every year in the US, according to a The Federal Motor Carry Safety Administration’s 2006 report. In about 77,000 of these, fault was attributed…