Strict federal controls on the lengths of working days for truckers hauling fireworks for July 4th celebrations have been temporarily lifted for 2011 amid concerns that some localities would miss out on their fIndependence Day displays if the regulations were enforced. The relaxation of hours-of-operation rules raises safety concerns. “The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration…
My colleague Rick Shapiro has posted a new blog on our Virginia Trucking Accident/Injury website about a tanker driver who died when his truck left the road in West Virginia (WV) and burst into flames.The cause of the tragic accident on Interstate 77 is unknown, but it was early in the morning and no other…
My colleague Randy Appleton has written a blog on the Virginia Trucking Accident/Injury blog about the death of a mother in a crash involving a coal truck in West Virginia (WV). The accident also left her husband and two children injured. The circumstances of the accident are still under investigation, but this is just the latest…
A truck was traveling down central Virginia’s Thomas Jefferson Parkway when the life of a passenger may have been changed forever. The vehicle, a Ford pickup carrying three people, flipped on its side while rounding a curve on Route 53 just past Michie Tavern in Albemarle County, VA. During the truck accident, one of the…
To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction. In this case the driver of a tractor-trailer hauling plumbing materials was charged with reckless driving after his truck lost control while exiting from the Capital Beltway onto I-66 West in Virginia (VA). While pulling a tanker, tractor-trailer drivers need to pay close attention…