Recent Posts in Truck Accidents Posted By Law Office of James M. Stanley 12-Aug-2020 How Substance Abuse Contributes to Truck Accidents Considering their mode of transportation, commercial truck drivers need to be some of the safest drivers on the road. Commercial motor vehicles can weigh anywhere between 10,000 and 80,000 pounds, and drivers who control them need to know how they ... Continue Reading Posted By Law Office of James M. Stanley 17-Jan-2018 Who Can Be Held Accountable for a Truck Accident? If you are the victim of a truck accident, you may be wondering who is responsible and what actually a caused the accident. Unfortunately, these types of crashes are much more complicated than a simple car accident. There are often many parties ... Continue Reading Posted By Law Office of James M. Stanley 19-Sep-2017 The Dangers Associated with Truck Driver Fatigue One of the most common causes of commercial truck accidents is driver fatigue. Although the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has established multiple regulations and rules which address the issue of drowsy driving and limit the ... Continue Reading Posted By Law Office of James M. Stanley 19-Jun-2017 Why Truck Drivers Use On-Board Recorders Commercial trucks and other vehicles are required to have a working electronic logging device (ELD) on board. These devices record a number of data points about a vehicle, including how long it’s been driven for, the hours in which it was ... Continue Reading Posted By Law Office of James M. Stanley 7-Jun-2017 The Differences Between Truck Accidents and Car Accidents While they both may share the road, cars and trucks are far different from each other. Commercial trucks can be up to 80,000 pounds, while the average car weighs about 4,000 pounds. Because to the immense weight of these trucks, accidents involving ... Continue Reading Posted By Law Office of James M. Stanley 27-Feb-2017 Commercial Trucks & Overweight Violations Commercial motor vehicles (CMV) are as useful as they are dangerous. Even the lightest CMV can weigh as much as 10,000 pounds. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) also oversees the trucking industry to ensure owners of CMVs ... Continue Reading