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Trucking
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Truck & Bus Accident Lawyer Blog
Truck Drivers’ Drug Arrests Often Overlooked
Trucking companies are not always notified when a driver is arrested for drugs. For example, recently, a truck driver was arrested after police found him unconscious in his rig. He…
The Right Coast
Trucker: ‘Overregulation’ Looks Like Deciding When I Work, Eat, And Sleep
Unless you own a business, when you hear pundits and politicians drone on about overregulation, the notion probably goes in one ear and out the other. But being a truck…
Capital Thinking
Senate Appropriators Send Letter to Government Accountability Office on Automated Vehicles; Lawmakers Aim to Vote on FAA Reauthorization Before August Recess
Legislative Activity Senate Appropriators Send Letter to Government Accountability Office on Automated Vehicles On Wednesday, April 26, Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI), the Chairman and Ranking Member…
Truck & Bus Accident Lawyer Blog
Driverless Truck Rolls Past Drivers on Freeway
Drivers on Colorado’s Interstate 25 were largely unaware that the Otto-Budweiser semi-truck next to them had no one in the driver’s seat, on October 20, 2016. The truck was operated…
Truck Injury Lawyer Blog
When Will New Truck Drivers be Trained?
By Morgan Adams
Because a small number of fly-by-night, unsafe, trucking companies refuse to train their drivers (the vast majority of trucking companies have training programs), the FMCSA finally had to pass regulations…
Truck Injury Lawyer Blog
Public Safety Decreased as Congress Succumbs to Trucking Lobby
By Morgan Adams
As of December 4, 2015, pursuant to the FAST Act of 2015, much of the information previously available on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) website related to a…
The Right Coast
The Disruption Proceeds – The American Interest
Trucking was once a pillar of the blue model economy. Before a series of deregulation bills passed in the 1980s and 1990s, routes and prices were controlled by federal regulators. Trucking was also heavily…
DuetsBlog
Delivering to Expectations
– Brent Carlson-Lee Trucking and delivery companies have some of the most entertaining slogans out there. Next time you’re on an interstate road trip, keep your eye on semis as…
Pennsylvania Law Monitor
Proposed Federal Trucking Regulation Would Prohibit Shippers and Transportation Intermediaries From Coercing Drivers to Violate FMCSR
A recently proposed regulation aimed at prohibiting driver coercion could have a significant impact on the way shippers and transportation brokers hire trucking companies to move freight across the U.S.…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
Bigger Rigs Are Better In the Trucking Industry, Says the Third Circuit
[caption id="attachment_1901" align="alignright" width="300"] Copyright: / 123RF Stock Photo[/caption] In March, the Third Circuit joined other circuits in its ruling in McMaster v. Eastern Armored Services, Inc. that trucking companies are…