If you or a loved one suffered injuries because of a truck driver’s unrealistic schedule, call a Los Angeles unrealistic schedules lawyer from Pintas & Mullins Law Firm today. Our team of personal injury lawyers will investigate your truck accident to determine if the trucking company, driver, or shipper acted negligently.
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Unrealistic schedules may push truckers beyond their physical and legal limits on the road, putting other motorists in grave danger. When truckers drive during an unrealistic schedule, they pose the risk of driver fatigue, which can lead to accidents with innocent drivers.
Fortunately, there are federal regulations in place to provide a safe guideline for truck drivers. While these regulations may help drivers avoid unrealistic schedule concerns, they still may go over their legal hours of service limits. Truck drivers may disregard these hours of service regulations in an attempt to make deadlines for deliveries. Another scenario can be when trucking companies push drivers to reach an unrealistic schedule.
When you work with Pintas & Mullins Law Firm to file a personal injury claim for an unrealistic schedule truck accident in Los Angeles, we will begin an investigation into your truck accident to determine negligence and liability. This includes looking into the truck driver’s log records, interviews with the driver, and other data that examines what led to the accident.
Federal Hours of Service Rules
Several conditions can account for driver fatigue when driving an unrealistic schedule. Driver fatigue is typically caused by a lack of sleep, extended work hours, fatigue from working, non-work fatigue, and other combined factors, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
In fact, the FMCSA released a report that found that 13 percent of commercial motor vehicle drivers were fatigued when they were in a truck accident. To combat issues related to driver fatigue, the FMCSA created their Hours of Service Regulations, which address both property-carrying drivers and passenger-carrying drivers.
Specifically, here are the FMCSA’s guidelines for property-carrying drivers:
- After 10 consecutive hours off duty, drivers can drive a maximum of 11 hours.
- There is a 14-hour limit (following the 10 hours off duty, a driver cannot drive after the 14th consecutive hour. The 10 hours of off duty does not extend the 14-hour period.)
- They are required to spend eight consecutive hours in their truck’s resting area (such as a sleeper berth), along with two additional hours off-duty or in the resting area of the truck.
However, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) states that many truckers exceed their 11 hours of service regularly. It may even be possible for truck drivers and trucking companies to falsify logbooks when looking to drive an unrealistic schedule.
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Injuries and Losses from Unrealistic Schedule Accidents
Every truck accident is different, and your case may have varying points of impact, speeds at the time of impact, and other factors such as seat belt usage and where passengers were in the vehicle when the accident occurred.
Here are some possible injuries from truck-related accidents with passenger vehicles:
- Head injuries
- Sprains
- Cuts and bruises
- Muscle strains
- Spinal cord injuries
- Fractures
- Burn injuries
After a truck accident, collecting information about the trucking company, truck driver, and any eyewitnesses may help your attorney build your case later on. However, your health and wellbeing trump this in terms of prioritizing after an accident. If needed, call for medical assistance immediately following a truck accident. By seeking medical attention, you will begin to build a personal injury claim with medical evidence to support your case.
Additionally, you can begin to consider working with a Los Angeles unrealistic schedules lawyer from Pintas & Mullins Law Firm to file a personal injury claim. By doing so, we may be able to help you recover financial compensation for your resulting losses, which may include:
- Current and future medical costs
- Lost wages
- Limited earning capacity
- Loss of consortium
- Property damages
- Pain and suffering
To learn more about your legal recourse options for a truck accident in Los Angeles, contact Pintas & Mullins Law Firm today.
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Signs Truckers Should Stop and Rest
According to the National Sleep Foundation, nearly 60 percent of Americans have admitted that they have driven while feeling tired at the wheel. When the driver is behind the wheel of a semi-truck, the risks are greater. When a truck driver experiences symptoms of drowsiness, it is critical that they pull off the roadways to avoid accidents with innocent drivers.
Here are several signs of drowsy driving:
- Inability to focus on the road
- “Heavy” eyes
- Daydreaming at the wheel
- Cannot remember the last few miles driven
- Yawning or rubbing your eyes
- Inability to keep your head up
- Drifting between lanes or otherwise driving recklessly
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Truck accidents can leave you with an abundance of expenses and losses, and in some cases, it can result in the deaths of your loved ones. If you or your family has suffered injuries in a Los Angeles truck accident, a Los Angeles personal injury lawyer from Pintas & Mullins Law Firm may be able to investigate your accident to determine if negligence occurred. Our truck accident lawyers may discover the trucker was driving an unrealistic schedule, leading to your accident.
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