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What evidence is commonly gathered in trucking accidents? Specifically, how does it differ from a regular car accident?
In a trucking accident, your main goal is to collect evidence that shows a violation of a federal or state safety regulation by either the driver or the motor carrier itself. Evidence can typically be categorized into a couple of different main categories and the first one is evidence pertaining to the driver.
So anytime you have an accident, you're going to want to request as much information on the driver themselves as possible. The first thing you're going to want to get is their personnel qualification and training file. This is going to show you a lot of information such as prior accidents, tickets, their driving record, any incident reports, background checks, drug and alcohol testing, safety performance. All that stuff is going to be in their file, the employee's file, and you want to get that as soon as possible.
You're also going to want to get the driver's log book, which will show how many hours of service they've been in one shift and will also show you if they violated any of the rules about driving for too long or not taking enough time off in between their shifts. The log book will also show you miles traveled and there might also be an electronic logging device that will show GPS tracking, time behind the wheel, all of that good stuff.
The last thing from the driver, two more things is the drivers inspection report. The drivers are required to do a pre and after inspection of their vehicles and to record everything that they find. So, they'll definitely want to get a copy of that as well. And finally, you're going to want to get the post accident drug and alcohol test for the driver.
The next category of evidence is evidence relating to the vehicle itself. So for this, you're going to want to get the truck inspection report. Anytime there's a trucking accident, the vehicle has to be inspected by a certified inspector before it leaves the accident scene. So you're definitely going to want to request this. This is in addition to the regular police report, so make sure you're looking for that too.
The next thing is black box information. So this is going to show you vehicle speed before the accident; how long the brakes were applied, if they were applied; whether the turn signals or the flashers were used and also again, how long the driver was driving behind the wheel without taking a break.
Next, you're going to want to ask for maintenance schedule and records of the vehicle itself, to see if there's any things that are weird with the vehicle, things that the company did not take care of during an inspection, or things that might've been overlooked. And you're going to want to look for those vehicle inspection reports that are by the company and also by the driver, in there before and after the accident. So make sure you're getting that stuff from all different angles.
The final category of evidence is evidence pertaining to the load and the cargo. So for this stuff, when you have a trucking accident that had a big load on the back, or maybe the cargo fell off and caused the accident, you're going to want to look for things like the bills of lading, weight tickets and report from the weigh stations, dispatch instructions and also any delivery documents that you might have/
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In a trucking accident, your main goal is to collect evidence that shows a violation of a federal or state safety regulation by either the driver or the motor carrier itself. Evidence can typically be categorized into a couple of different main categories and the first one is evidence pertaining to the driver.
So anytime you have an accident, you're going to want to request as much information on the driver themselves as possible. The first thing you're going to want to get is their personnel qualification and training file. This is going to show you a lot of information such as prior accidents, tickets, their driving record, any incident reports, background checks, drug and alcohol testing, safety performance. All that stuff is going to be in their file, the employee's file, and you want to get that as soon as possible.
You're also going to want to get the driver's log book, which will show how many hours of service they've been in one shift and will also show you if they violated any of the rules about driving for too long or not taking enough time off in between their shifts. The log book will also show you miles traveled and there might also be an electronic logging device that will show GPS tracking, time behind the wheel, all of that good stuff.
The last thing from the driver, two more things is the drivers inspection report. The drivers are required to do a pre and after inspection of their vehicles and to record everything that they find. So, they'll definitely want to get a copy of that as well. And finally, you're going to want to get the post accident drug and alcohol test for the driver.
The next category of evidence is evidence relating to the vehicle itself. So for this, you're going to want to get the truck inspection report. Anytime there's a trucking accident, the vehicle has to be inspected by a certified inspector before it leaves the accident scene. So you're definitely going to want to request this. This is in addition to the regular police report, so make sure you're looking for that too.
The next thing is black box information. So this is going to show you vehicle speed before the accident; how long the brakes were applied, if they were applied; whether the turn signals or the flashers were used and also again, how long the driver was driving behind the wheel without taking a break.
Next, you're going to want to ask for maintenance schedule and records of the vehicle itself, to see if there's any things that are weird with the vehicle, things that the company did not take care of during an inspection, or things that might've been overlooked. And you're going to want to look for those vehicle inspection reports that are by the company and also by the driver, in there before and after the accident. So make sure you're getting that stuff from all different angles.
The final category of evidence is evidence pertaining to the load and the cargo. So for this stuff, when you have a trucking accident that had a big load on the back, or maybe the cargo fell off and caused the accident, you're going to want to look for things like the bills of lading, weight tickets and report from the weigh stations, dispatch instructions and also any delivery documents that you might have/
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#truckaccident #largetruckaccident #commercialtruckaccident #semitruckaccident #truckvscaraccident #truckaccidentevidence
#SallyMorin #PersonalInjury # #PersonalInjuryLaw #SMPersonalInjury #PersonalInjuryCase
DISCLAIMER: The information on this YouTube channel is for general information purposes only. Nothing on this site should be taken as legal advice for any individual case or situation. Consult a Personal Injury attorney for advice regarding your own unique situation. Simply contacting us does not establish an attorney-client relationship. Please avoid sending confidential information to us until such time as a formal attorney-client relationship has been created.
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