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Driving a truck in the winter can be a dangerous proposition. Truck drivers need to contend with winter storms that cause snow and ice to be on the roads. While slick roads are always a concern, snow and ice can cause other problems as well. One big issue is snow and ice can collect on top of trucks and can be difficult to remove. Once the snow and ice has collected on the top of the truck, it could fly off as a trucker is driving. It could strike other vehicles or people, impeding visibility and causing

Truck drivers need to be aware there are laws in some states requiring them to clear the snow and the ice from their vehicles. Even when no such laws are in effect, a trucker could be held accountable if ice comes off the top of his big rig and injures someone else.

Snow and Ice Removal To Prevent Truck Accidents

Penske cautions truckers to be aware they could encounter different rules for snow and ice removal as they cross state lines. In some states, laws are already on the books regarding a mandate to remove snow, while other states are passing such rules and regulations now. Truckers will be expected to comply with local state laws and best practices for safety.

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Hocker & Associates LLC
2611 Waterfront Pkwy Suite 330
Indianapolis, IN 46214
(317) 489-3643

Trucks can get into front, rear, and side-impact crashes just like any other cars can. There are, however, certain types of truck accidents in North Carolina that can only happen to trucks or that are significantly more likely to involve trucks. These accidents can be deadly for truckers, as well as for motorists in passenger vehicles who are involved in the crashes.

Three Serious Types of Truck Accidents

Three of the most common types of accidents that only or primarily affect trucks include rollover accidents, underride accidents, and jackknife accidents. Truck drivers have to be aware of these kinds of collisions, as well as their common causes, so drivers can avoid doing things that increase the risk of one of these serious accidents.

Rollover accidents usually happen when a trucker loses control of a truck. This is especially likely to occur as a truck goes around a curve, when centrifugal force causes the truck to naturally lean away from the curve. If a driver takes the curve too fast, the truck can end up tipping right over. Trucks are more likely than cars to rollover because trucks have a high center of gravity and are top-heavy.  The risk is even graver if there is an unbalanced load.  A paper from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicated an estimated 18 percent of truck accidents involved trucks rolling over and around 35 percent of fatal truck crashes involved rollovers.

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Law Offices of Richard Flexner
3805 Oleander Drive
Wilmington, NC 28403
Phone: 910-794-3221
Fax: 910-794-3144
Toll Free: 800-353-9637

Truck accidents are a very real danger on roads throughout the United States, with National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reporting 330,000 trucks were involved in 2012 collisions. Almost 4,000 people died in 2012 truck crashes, and 104,000 people got hurt.

Because West Virginia truck accidents are so common, it would seem any rules or regulations passed by the federal government would be aimed at bringing down the rate of deadly accidents. Unfortunately, this is not the trend which is occurring. In fact, recent actions taken by federal law makers seem to be going in the opposite direction and making the roads less safe.

Are Federal Lawmakers Undermining Truck Safety Rules?

One successful effort on the part of federal lawmakers to undermine truck safety rules came in the December 2015 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act. This Act was a piece of budget legislation aimed at keeping the government funded and open. Although it had virtually nothing to do with trucking regulations, there was a provision stuck into it which forced the suspension of a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulation (FMCSR) related to hours-on-duty.

The Act ended up suspending a rule which had been put in place related to a 34-hour rest break for truckers who had driven 60 hours over a week or 70 hours over eight days. FMCSRs stipulated a 34-hour rest break in these situations, with two periods of the rest break taking place between 1:00 AM and 5:00 AM.  Trucking industry groups had objected to this because they didn’t want to have to be on the roads during the day and industry groups even challenged the regulation in court and lost. Federal lawmakers, however, caved to those who wanted the rest break rules thrown out and included the provision suspending them in the must-pass budget legislation.

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Klie Law Offices
85 West Main Street
Buckhannon, WV 26201
Toll Free: (866) 408-9059
Local: (304) 472-5007
Fax: (304) 472-1126

If you’re driving by an 18-wheeler carrying a full load, you might be safer than if you’re passing a big rig with an empty trailer.

According to a recent study in Australia, researchers found that trucks with empty trailers pose a risk of a rollover crash due to handling problems related to “trailer sway.” Furthermore, truck drivers are relatively inexperienced in handling a big rig with an empty trailer, according to researchers.

Curtin-Monash Accident Research Centre in Western Australia released the findings, according to a report in Phys.org. While the research was conducted down under, our attorneys in Bucks County and Philadelphia hope trucking companies across the United States consider the findings and look for ways to avoid accidents involving tractor-trailers with empty loads.

It’s critical for truck drivers and their employers to put safety first – always. As experienced attorneys who have handled truck accidents, we know that collisions between small cars and heavy commercial vehicles are among the most serious road crashes. Occupants of the smaller cars often are seriously injured or die as a result of the impact. A fully loaded trailer can weigh as much as 80,000 pounds. Big rigs, even when they’re unloaded, weigh on average about 30,000 pounds.  Regardless of whether the truck is loaded or empty, the forces involved in a crash with a small, 4,000 pound vehicle are significant, and the smaller vehicle will bear the brunt of the damage.

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Flager & Associates
One Northbrook Corporate Center
1210 Northbrook Drive, Ste. 280
Feasterville-Trevose, PA 19053
Phone: (215) 953-5200
Fax: (215) 953-5214

When a doctor is faced with disciplinary action, aggressive medical license defense becomes necessary to try to protect his license and avoid adverse consequences. Unfortunately, sometimes the actions of state disciplinary boards are improper, as medical boards may sometimes aggressively go after people who have not really done anything wrong. Threat of facing disciplinary action can have a chilling effect on the practice of medicine, particularly for doctors in certain fields like pain management where there is ample room for accusations of wrongdoing to be made.

Doctor’s Case Shows The Problem of Aggressive Disciplinary Action

Press of Atlantic City illustrates one of the big problems which can occur when accusations are made against doctors based on uncertain indicators of wrongdoing.

In this case, one of two local pain management specialists in a local county found himself fighting for his future. The doctor had practiced medicine between 1976 and 2007, and his practice had more than 1,300 patients at one point.

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Houston, TX 77057
Phone : 713.357.2467
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