Truck Maintenance’ Category
Federal Agency Rolls out Pre-Employment Screening Website
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
Last month, I blogged about the fact that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration had launched a website dedicated to providing trucking companies accident and inspection records of potential truck driver candidates. This week, the agency announced that the website is finally online.
Trucking companies will now be able to access truck driver accident records dating back five years, and inspection records dating back three years. Companies with a fleet of more than 100 vehicles are required to pay an annual subscription fee of $100, and an additional charge of $10 for every truck driver record they choose...
What Does It Mean for Texas Truck Drivers to Drive within Speed Limits?
Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Truck drivers in Texas are required to drive at safe speeds. That doesn't simply mean that the truck driver must drive at the posted speed limits for commercial motor vehicles. It also means that truck drivers must drive taking into consideration the existing traffic, road and weather conditions.
An accident last week in Texarkana, Texas is being blamed on the failure of a truck driver to stop his vehicle in time to avoid traffic that had slowed down at a construction zone. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the big rig driver was approaching a construction zone on...
Houston Injury Lawyers Support New Website That Promises to Weed out Unsafe Truck Drivers
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010
Truck drivers in Texas with a bad accident history will not be able to find it as easy to get a new job at a new employer where they can cause more accidents. A new website has just been launched by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and it will allow trucking companies access to constantly updated genuine accident data.
For a small fee, employers can now browse through five years of a driver's accident history and three years of inspection records before they hire him. The data, which is currently being used by the federal...
Woman Escapes Injuries in Tractor Trailer Tire Accident in Beaumont
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
As a truck accident lawyer in Houston, I know there’s more than one way that injuries and deaths can result from a tractor trailer accident. Take this case, for example. A motorist in Beaumont escaped serious injuries when a loose tire from a passing commercial truck crashed through her windshield.
The woman was driving on interstate 10. Witnesses say they noticed one of the tires on an 18-wheeler nearby coming loose, and flying off the truck. The tire went straight into the windshield of the car. The woman in the car suffered minor injuries, but her car was...
