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DEBATE: Truck Hours of Service * USA - Regulations Struck Down By Appeals Court
Each year, more than 5,000 people in the United States are killed and more than 110,000 injured in crashes involving large trucks. Truck driver fatigue is a major contributor in many of these crashesGA,USA -The Georgia Injury Lawyer Blog, by Finch McCranie, LLP -August 10, 2007: -- ... The 34-hour restart allowed truckers to drive 77 hours in seven days or 88 hours in eight days – a more than 25 percent increase over pre-2003 rules. On-duty hours during which truckers may drive also climbed, so that a driver working 14-hour shifts under the new rules can now work as many as 84 hours in seven days or 98 hours in eight days – the latter a 40 percent increase over the old limits... “The trucking profession has become ‘sweatshops on wheels’ because of the excessive and unsafe hours of work and driving time required of truck drivers,” said Daphne Izer, founder of Parents Against Tired Truckers (PATT). “I have paid the ultimate price for government policies that legally allow truck drivers to work and drive exhausted. My 17-year old son Jeff and his three close friends were killed in a preventable crash caused by truck driver fatigue. I welcome the court’s decision that puts people before profits”... (Photo by riceroselaw)
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posted by Unknown @ 5:06 AM
2 Comments:
nice advertisment for the ambulance chaser. and you did a great job of showing misleading facts such as (Each year, more than 5,000 people in the United States are killed and more than 110,000 injured in crashes involving large trucks.) but you totally fail to say how Each year, were caused by car drivers. oppps
you also say that (Truck driver fatigue is a major contributor in many of these crashes.) wheres your facts to back that statement? D.O.T. nor FHA have posted those statistics for either 2004 2005 nor 2006.
you also say (The 34-hour restart allowed truckers to drive 77 hours in seven days or 88 hours in eight days – a more than 25 percent increase over pre-2003 rules.) totally false and misleading. the 70 hour rule prevents a driver from driving hours like that. this article/advertisement is a lame and misleading attempt to drum up buisness for a lousy lawyer.
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