Deficient Truck Driver Qualifications Leads to Serious Tractor-trailer Accidents
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration set strict regulations that commercial motor carriers and their truck drivers must follow closely. Commercial motor carriers (ie: trucking companies) must thoroughly and carefully qualify all new truck drivers that they hire. This includes employees AND independent contractors that are hired by the trucking companies to haul loads. Truck driver qualifications include a road test, criminal background check, medical examination, prior employment verification, and CDL (commercial drivers license) violations background check. Potential new hires that do not meet the strict qualification requirements must be denied employment. However, due to a shortage of qualified commercial truck drivers, trucking companies are turning a blind eye and placing unqualified, even dangerous, drivers on our roadways.
The Department of Transportation medical examination must be conducted by a licensed physician prior to being placed on the road by a new employer. Another problem with some of today's truckers is that many of them are older drivers who have high blood pressure, heart disease, and other common degenerative ailments. These types of degenerative ailments create potential hazards when not treated with proper prescription medication. When taken behind the wheel, some of these prescription drugs can caused drowziness, fatigue, and jitters. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently published a report addressing this issue and cited it as one of the common causes of serious tractor-trailer accidents, resulting in personal injuries and/or wrongful death.
The Missouri Semi-Truck Accident Lawyers at Schultz Legal Group represent the victims of serious tractor-trailer accidents. Our Missouri injury attorneys find that, more ofhen than not, the truck driver was not properly qualified from the start and should not have been placed behind the wheel of tractor weighing in excess of 26,000 pounds. Don't be victimized twice. Visit the Truck Accident Injury Victim Information Center for help with your injury claim.
The Department of Transportation medical examination must be conducted by a licensed physician prior to being placed on the road by a new employer. Another problem with some of today's truckers is that many of them are older drivers who have high blood pressure, heart disease, and other common degenerative ailments. These types of degenerative ailments create potential hazards when not treated with proper prescription medication. When taken behind the wheel, some of these prescription drugs can caused drowziness, fatigue, and jitters. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently published a report addressing this issue and cited it as one of the common causes of serious tractor-trailer accidents, resulting in personal injuries and/or wrongful death.
The Missouri Semi-Truck Accident Lawyers at Schultz Legal Group represent the victims of serious tractor-trailer accidents. Our Missouri injury attorneys find that, more ofhen than not, the truck driver was not properly qualified from the start and should not have been placed behind the wheel of tractor weighing in excess of 26,000 pounds. Don't be victimized twice. Visit the Truck Accident Injury Victim Information Center for help with your injury claim.
