Category: Truck Accidents
North Carolina Highway 74 in Monroe had to be narrowed down to just one lane on the eastbound side of the highway in the overnight hours of July 8 and July 9. A trucking accident had taken the life of one driver and sent another to the hospital. Further, a power crew had to be…Read More
A North Carolina mother watched helplessly as her daughter was run down by a tractor-trailer recently. To make matters worse, the truck kept going after hitting the little girl. As happens in many pedestrians vs. truck accidents, the victim did not survive. The child’s school bus, which was taking students home after school, and the…Read More
A new study may fuel the commercial trucking industry to dispute the safety benefits of current sleep requirements for commercial truck drivers. Sleep requirements for drivers have long been disputed over the impact it has on commercial truck accidents and public safety. Current rules by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration require commercial truck drivers…Read More
For years, federal regulators have been working to improve safety standards for the trucking industry. The goal, of course, is to prevent truck accidents, in North Carolina and across the country. One of the ways to do this is to have clearer rules on driver qualifications. Much attention is paid to the number of hours…Read More
When most people think of truck accidents, they probably think of accidents caused by driver fatigue, overloaded trucks, or some other safety concern. After all, that’s why and federal regulators work so hard to enforce hours-of-service limitations on drivers and other rules designed to prevent truck accidents in Charlotte and across the country. Sometimes, however,…Read More