With the first major rainfall of the season, San Diego area roads are snarled with traffic due to accidents. “We have 25 active crashes happening right now, and I haven’t even gotten through all of them,” commented a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer who was working at the agency’s traffic management center. Three tractor-trailer trucks spun out […]
Learn More About Rainy Weather Leads to Tortilla Spill on the 15It’s a brave new world out there. One of the country’s largest industries is about to be taken over by machines, as automated driving is set to conquer long-haul shipping in the next quarter-century. But is America ready for driverless vehicles on our nation’s highways? That’s a good question with no easy answer.
Learn More About Rise of the (Trucking) MachinesAt Jurewitz Law Group Injury & Accident Lawyers, we are always looking for ways to better our ability to get our clients the justice they deserve. Ross Jurewitz recently took another step towards this goal by joining the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, a legal network and resource center dedicated solely to handling crashes involving […]
Learn More About Ross Jurewitz Joins the Academy of Truck Accident AttorneysIt’s getting closer to that time of year where the astute driver may notice something becoming more and more common on San Diego freeways: commercial trucks. With the massive amount of retail business conducted around the holidays, both in-store and online, there are more trucks on the roads shipping products around the country. This can […]
Learn More About The King Of The Road? Knowledge.Anyone who drives Highway 8 regularly is familiar with having large trucks in the next lane during their commute. We see these big rigs hauling goods so often we almost forget how dangerous they are. According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), there are well over 250,000 accidents involving large trucks each year […]
Learn More About La Mesa Truck Accident CausesThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is continuing to enforce commercial truck and bus safety regulations despite the recent government shutdown, according to a recent report in Landline Magazine. The agency, like many others, has seen some “non-essential” services and functions temporarily shuttered as employees were furloughed due to the shutdown that began October […]
Learn More About Federal Agency Overseeing Truck Safety Continues to Operate – For NowThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced that its efforts to create a medical provider database for commercial truck and bus driver care is on track, with an expected completion date of May 21, 2014. The goal, according to a recent article in Land Line, is to create a database of 40,000 physicians […]
Learn More About FMCSA Says Changes to Medical Provider Rules are on ScheduleThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced changes to the Hours of Service (HOS) rules. These rules govern how long truck drivers may work in a day and in a week, and it sets minimum rest times that drivers must observe before getting behind the wheel again. Several new HOS rules go into […]
Learn More About Debate Heats Up Over 70-Hour Truck Driver Work Week RequirementWhen the driver of a commercial vehicle has been involved in an accident due to negligence‚ very often the company that employs him may be held liable. Numerous factors are taken into consideration to determine fault‚ but essentially the driver is considered to be under the authority of the employer. A San Diego personal injury […]
Learn More About Who Is at Fault for My Commercial Vehicle Accident: The Company or the Driver?