- Georgia passes law to streamline interstate discovery
- FMCSA bar use of hand held cell phones by commercial truck drivers
- Truck driving hours trimmed just a little
- 8.7% increase in trucking fatalities
- Hit & run tractor trailer causes fatal wreck on I-285
- Truck driver class actions spreading
- Illinois law upgrades GPS information on safe truck routes
- Log and pulpwood truck accidents in Georgia
- NTSB recommends truck stability control rule
- Truck-only lanes cut from metro Atlanta transportation plans
- On I-85 in Anderson County, SC, Georgia truck driver apparently falls asleep, kills self and 2 others
- Top 100 public motor carriers in the US
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- Impaired tractor trailer driver fails to slow before crashing into slowed vehicle in NC, kills one
- US agrees to allow Mexican tractor trailers to operate here
- Truck mounted hydraulic lift causes bridge collapse
- Top ten factors in driver history to predict truck wrecks
- Highway link to Port of Savannah would help safety
- Ohio Supreme Court rules that Bluffton University baseball team members in bus crash can reach school's liability coverage
- Safe Roads Act would require trucker drug test database
- Feds propose ban on handheld cellphone use by Hazmat truck drivers
- Man killed crashing into unmarked tractor trailer on shoulder of Atlanta freeway ramp
- 5% of commercial truck drivers involved in majority of driver distraction events
- Trucking safety practices changing under Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA)
- Hours of service battles go on ... and on and on
- Electronic truck driver logs slowly making headway
- Young bride killed by tractor trailer on I-285, groom hospitalized
- New app for Apple fights driver fatigue
- The economics of independent owner operators in today's trucking environment
- Douglasville toddler killed by Indiana trucker on I-75
- Adult & toddler in critical condition after struck by tractor trailer on I-75 in Cobb
- Federal court clears publication of trucking safety data
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sets listening sessions on proposed hours of service rule change
- Truck Safety Coaliation works for safer highways
- Interstate trucking remains dangerous -- for motorists and truckers alike
- Trucking litigation video becomes viral?
- Federal trucking safety agency proposes rule on electronic on-board recorders
- Hours of service rules changes proposed
- Hours of service rule revisions behind schedule
- Woman killed drivng under rear of tractor trailer stopped in traffic lane on I-285
- Truck driver health issues shorten life expectancy 16 years
- Rainy day brings 3 tractor trailer wrecks on Atlanta expressways
- Unsafe "chameleon" trucking companies still slip through the cracks at FMCSA
- Trucking industry backs legislation to hide any truth that hurts them in Electronic On Board Recorders
- Trucking safety impaired by inadequate control of medical certification process
- Student killed in school bus wreck died saving others; trainee driver was not certified
- Student killed in Carroll County school bus rollover
- Sod truck crash kills one in Canton, brake failure suspected
- Trucking safety reviews may be tough on insurers
- Russian truckers on America's roads
- How would proposal to "super size" tractor trailer rigs affect safety for the rest of us?
- Trucking hours of service rule may change again
- Roadcheck 2010 shows truckers still faking paper logs
- Tractor trailer driver from Texas arrested for death of woman on I-285
- Truck driver fatigue still a major cause of tractor trailer wrecks
- Truck speed discussion on Youtube video
- Trucking safety issues addressed by FMCSA director
- DUI tractor trailer driver kills teen in WV
- Tractors trailers loaded with copper stolen, reminds me of my prosecution days
- Greyhound bus runs off I-16 into ditch
- Tractor trailer theft ring busted
- Tractor trailer driver on cell phone before crash that killed eleven
- Tractor trailer hits 2 cars, crosses center line, kills woman in Baldwin County
- 18 wheeler kills motorist on I-20 in SC near North Augusta
- Two truck crashes in Augusta, GA to start Master's week
- Rear underride fatal when commuter strikes disabled tractor trailer in freeway traffic lane
- Mennonite family killed in Kentucky truck accident - company had unsatisfactory safety rating
- Tractor trailer cabs have fatal lack of rollover protection
- "When the trucking company goes under" article published in Trial magazine
- Proposed Georgia legislation to crack down on texting while driving
- Texting by truckers banned
- Comment from a truck driver who is coerced to break the law
- A remarkably blessed family in truck wreck
- Intoxicated truck driver from Texas kills Michigan woman on I-75 overpass at Perry, Georgia
- Savannah area log truck accident kills pedestrian
- Laptop computer use while driving big rig suspected in NY wreck that killed young mom
- Charlotte crash highlights rule that tractor trailer drivers when stopped must put out reflective triangles or flares
- Beware of law firms not licensed in Georgia but advertising for Georgia cases
- Pittsburgh 3-year-old killed by speeding tractor trailer on I-95 in Georgia
- Container freight equipment safety rules go into effect
- Top 5 predictions for motor carrier safety in 2010
- How to tell motor carriers to preserve evidence after a truck crash
- Shanghai to Chattanooga, Rotterdam to Columbus
- Trucking company owner, driver and repair facility owner guilty of criminal charges in fatal PA truck crash
- Motor carrier employee protections
- J. B. Hunt tractor trailer runs stop sign, hits family van in Spalding County, Georgia
- Truck stop casinos
- Witnessed fiery truck crash in New Mexico
- Container freight truck crash liability
- Justice for truck drivers who refuse to violate the law
- Bus crashes & overturns on I-75 with Morehouse College band
- Hahira woman killed in side underride crash when Ohio trucker runs stop sign
- Truckers Chapel at truck stop on I-75 south of Atlanta
- Truck driver distraction is target of petition to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- 7 injured when speeding truck crashed on I-24 in Dade County, Georgia
- Trucking safety agency nominee grilled in Senate hearing
- Nominee for FMCSA chief blasted in New York Times
- $50 million verdict today for trucking brain injury case in California
- Tree trimming bucket truck kills 3 members of family in Walker County, Georgia
- Trucking companies must require employees to follow the rules
- Atlanta school bus runs over & kills kindergartner
- Role of punitive damage claims in commercial truck crash cases in Georgia
- Trucker admits lies in court, leading to $16 million settlement
- 1 killed, 2 critically injured in Savannah collision with 18 wheeler
- The Smart Consumer's Guide to Hiring a Great Lawyer
- Wisconsin teen killed in Albany crash
- Safety advocates seek speed governors on trucks
- Ice cream truck driver injured in collision with 18 wheeler
- Another family killed when rear-ended by a tractor trailer
- 18 wheeler kills family in Mississippi
- 9 killed in Oklahoma tractor trailer crash
- Legislation would require Electronic On-Board Recorders in all interstate trucks in 4 years
- What's under those "China Freight" containers on the roads? FMCSA has new safety rules for intermodal chassis.
- Death in tractor trailer wreck on I-85
- Anne Ferro picked to head Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Obesity and sleep apnea a double threat for trucking safety
- Video of tractor trailer tipping over looks like load shift
- Ambulance on wrong side of road in head on collision in Carroll County
- Bus safety deficits are target of NTSB report
- MARTA bus rollover on ramp hints poor hiring and training practices
- NHTSA nominee faces hard choices between fuel economy and vehicle safety
- MADD CEO picked to head National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- With Atlanta expressway signage problems still not corrected, another bus narrowly avoids repeat of Bluffton bus crash two years ago
- Hazardous shipments data compiled in new Hazardous Intelligence Portal
- FBI sets up database connecting trucker suspects and bodies dumped along highways
- Health and wellness challenges for truck drivers affect safety
- One-third of D-1 universities have used charter bus companies with deficient safety ratings
- Hazmat truck of hydrofluoric acid overturns, prompts evacuation
- "Safety culture" is important for prevention of catastrophic truck crashes
- Defense-oriented article casts more light on claims against freight brokers and shippers
- Intricate shell games evade accountability
- Polk County, Florida, jury returns $65 million verdict in trucking brain injury case
- Truck driver, owner & garage owner all charged with vehicular homicide in Pennsylvania truck crash
- How insurance adjusters lull you into complacency in order to take advantage of you
- Mexican trucks barred from US again
- Sleep apnea in truck drivers linked to obesity
- Insurance coverage for truck drivers hurt or killed by other drivers
- Time to adjust motor carrier insurance requirements for 29 years of inflation
- Battle over hours of service regulation enters new round
- At last, FMCSA is tightening up medical certification of truck drivers
- Seven deadly sins for new motor carriers
- New federal regulation cracks down on "chameleon carriers"
- What medical conditions disqualify a commercial truck driver?
- Medical certification rules for interstate truck drivers tightening
- Electronic record keeping and discovery in interstate trucking
- Interstate Trucking Litigation Group seminar in Las Vegas
- Tractor trailer rear-ends car near Furman campus, woman airlifted to hospital
- NTSB suggests requiring fatigue monitoring technology in trucking
- Truck drivers required to speak and read English, so how do some of these guys get CDL licenses??
- Trucking safety not at top of priority list for new DOT Secretary
- Truck stop visit illustrates how hard it is for truckers to maintain healthy lifestyle
- Obama puts on hold 3 new Federal Motor Carrier Safety regulations
- Truckers' hours of service rule not among those stayed by Obama administration
- Treasurer of State Bar of Georgia
- Obesity, sleep apnea, driver fatigue and trucking safety
- Two cement mixer truck rollovers highlight special handling characteristics
- Scrambled eggs freeze to road in tractor trailer accident
- Tractor trailer wreck on I-85 Georgia due to bad tire
- Recession ends truck driver shortage
- Firefighter crushed under tractor trailer speeding in freezing rain in Indiana
- Yawning Danger - call to take truckers back to 10 hours driving per day
- Quick clips: what they're saying about prospective DOT Secretary Ray LaHood
- Big rig and snow removal truck crash in NH reminds me of my first trucking case in GA
- Quick clips on Boxing Day: trucking economics and safety
- Gasoline tanker crashes and explodes on Lookout Mountain
- Trucker killed in collision with another tractor trailer in Iowa
- GPS data to be used to monitor trucking companies' compliance with federal regulations
- Safety management a key to trucking industry profitability
- Hours of service rule for truckers challenged as threat to safety
- Georgia tort reform inadvertently puts brakes on a common defense tactic
- Tractor trailer rearended by airplane
- New EPA administrator is a certified HazMat manager
- New safety rules issued for intermodal trucking equipment
- The 11 deadly sins for trucking companies
- Congressman Ray LaHood Named New US DOT Secretary
- A day full of trucker depositions
- Forklift on tractor trailer takes chunk out of Texas overpass
- Trucking industry capacity declining with recession
- Who will be new Secretary of Transportation and director of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration?
- Atlanta motorist killed in collision with tractor trailer on Campbellton Road
- Truck safety and law implications of Futurist predictions
- Recession hits trucking industry hard
- Proposed school bus safety rules give manufacturers immunity
- Recession hardship for injury victims prompts attorney fee discount
- Senate Committee critical of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Fiery truck crash kills great-grandmother in Virginia
- Two cement truck rollovers in news this week
- Truck driver medical screening and licenses to be linked
- The future of intellligent transportation systems
- $23.5 million verdict against Swift Transportation for spinal cord injury to Yellow Freight employee
- Report on the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC)
- Should there be a mandatory retirement age for truck drivers?
- Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee agenda
- Obama transition team hears truck safety debate points
- FMCSA Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee meetings on Dec. 1 and 10
- Trucking hours of service debate continues
- Truck speeding on rain slick freeway with bad brakes caused fiery pileup in tunnel
- Road Safe America promotes Drive Safer Sunday
- Ohio trucker who was volunteer fireman killed in collision with Georgia fire truck
- Big rig crash in morning fog kills woman
- Truck wreck kills three in hazardous weather
- Florida truck driver on cell phone hits school bus, kills child
- Trucking companies recruiting displaced auto workers. Are investment bankers next?
- Recent trucking accident jury verdicts
- Accident litigation increasingly focuses on cell phone and text messaging distraction issues
- Bus seat belt legislation stalled again, 40 years after NTSB first recommended seat belts on buses
- Georgia truck wreck lawyer comment cited among best blog posts about impact of Wall Street mess
- Truck underride -- an unnecessary continuing tragedy
- NTSB urges stronger enforcement of truck driver rest period rules
- Trucking accidents and insurance - longer term implications of the current credit crisis
- Impact of the Wall Street crisis on trucking and insurance
- Two armored truck accidents in Georgia in one week
- Senate committee blasts Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for failure to protect public on driving hours and drug testing
- Driver Fatigue Monitor seeks to cut fatigue-related crashes
- Truck accidents may be caused by distractions of electronic devices in truck cabs
- Truck driver drug testing system flawed according to GAO report
- Truck accident trials in Georgia - attorney fee claim may be worth more than punitive damages
- Trucking companies responsible for their drivers even if they evade regulations
- Truck driver fatigue and hours of service
- Truck accident records destruction and duty to preserve evidence
- Trucking accident victims protected by MCS-90 endorsement on truckers' insurance polcies
- Truck driver logs may be electronic ... "in the year 2525, if man is still alive"
- Truckers in bad weather must exercise "extreme caution"
- Truck accident facts may support punitive damages claims
- In trucking accidents, consider a claim against a freight broker or logistics company
- Truckers warned of safety risks of anti-smoking drug Chantix
- Truck safety implications of rising fuel prices
- Trucking accidents may be documented by DriveCam -- if they save the video
- Georgia truck wreck spills explosive ammonium nitrate
- Truck accident lawyer selection
- Trucking companies responsible for negligence of "independent contractor" truck drivers as "statutory employees"
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