Transportation,
Civil Litigation,
Administrative/Regulatory
Jan. 25, 2018
New trucking regulations are good for personal injury lawyers
Electronic logging records will make a personal injury lawyer’s job easier when proving a driver involved in an accident had exceeded the time he or she could lawfully remain behind the wheel.
Significant new regulations were recently implemented for commercial truck drivers on our nation's highways. The rules mandate the use of electronic logging devices to automatically record data, such as drivers' hours of service, which had historically been tracked with hand-written log books. The rules promulgated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Dec. 18, 2017, were intended to standardize data reporting and improve safety on the nation's highway...
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