Trucking Articles & Information

Daniel Munley, in collaboration with Ronald P. Hillerich, Esq., Tad Thomas, Esq. and Jeffrey Burns, Esq. are the writers of an article in a new book entitled Truck Accident Litigation 2nd Edition, published by the American Bar Association. The book itself combines the expertise of a multitude of industry professionals, engineers and reconstructionists with experienced litigators to provide useful insights and information into the investigation and litigation of a truck accident case. The article is entitled, The Plaintiffs Perspective.

Pennsylvania Intrastate Trucking Regulations

Full Text: INTRASTATE MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

Federal Interstate Trucking Laws

Full Text: INTERSTATE MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

The Determinants of Truck Accidents in the United States Effects of Sleep Schedules on Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Performance

This report presents results of a study on the effects of rest and recovery cycles and partial sleep deprivation on commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver performance. Presented by FMCSA

Big Rigs and Sharing the Road - Driver Safety Tips

Trends in Fatal Truck Crash Accidents by State, 1993 - 2003

These reports compare summarized crash results between all states over multiple years. These reports may be used to analyze the number of crashes reported over a period of time and to compare crash results among states. Information provided by Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).

Truck Safety Provisions Passed in Senate Highway Funding Bill - February 12, 2004

Federal Speeding Limits: Speed Policy & Implementation

In December 1995, Congress repealed the National Maximum Speed Limit (NMSL), which had been 55 mi/h on urban Interstates and 65 mi/h on rural Interstates and certain rural Interstate look-alikes. Congress had linked noncompliance with the NMSL to possible loss of Federal funds. In 1997, the U.S. DOT developed the formal speed policy and implementation strategy in use today.

Axles to Grind: Driving Questions About the Limits to Place on Trucks Traveling Our Roads

"The American Trucking Association wants bigger trucks allowed on our highways. Longer combination vehicles, or LCVs, are three extraordinary trailer configurations that 21 states currently allow in one form or another... Trucking industry strategy has been to increase limits state by state; when size and weight limits are increased in one state, adjacent states feel pressured to conform to stay economically competitive... LCVs can impose great damage on the nation's highways and, more importantly, they raise concerns for the safety of the people buckled into cars in the lanes next to them." Public Citizen's testimony on Truck Safety before the Senate Commerce Committee. (6/10/03)

Despite repeated promises by FMCSA to significantly reduce truck-related deaths and injuries on our highways and chart an improved course to enhance motor carrier safety, and despite increases in funding and resources for the new government agency, the traveling public remains the victim of an underachieving, and at times, indifferent agency. The annual death toll from truck-related crashes is the equivalent of 26 major airplane crashes every year. FMCSA adopted a goal in 1999 to reduce truck deaths and injuries by 50 percent over 10 years. That goal will not be achieved.

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