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When a commercial truck is involved in an accident, the collision happens in seconds. The accountability fight may last months or years. One regulation often decides whether the injured person can identify the right defendants quickly enough to preserve evidence and build a clean liability story. 49 CFR 390.21T requires…
In trucking cases physics matters, but evidence often decides the outcome. The federal regulations, 49 CFR Part 390 include a set of record rules that sound administrative, but are important for trucking injury litigation. This requirement drives operational behavior. A compliant carrier trains safety staff to maintain centralized records or…
Truck A serious truck crash in Chicago and elsewhere can look simple in the first headlines and blame the truck driver. A few sentences, a few quotes, and the news moves on. However our experienced trucking injury attorneys know from experience that personal injury cases rarely start and end with…
When people think of truck safety, they often picture brakes, tires, and driver training. Yet one of the most overlooked aspects of safety in the trucking industry lies in paperwork—specifically, recordkeeping and reporting under 49 CFR Part 40. These requirements are not red tape. They are the backbone of the…
Federal law recognizes a simple truth that if truck drivers could predict when they would be tested for drugs or alcohol, the testing system would fail. That is why 49 CFR Part 40 and related DOT rules require truly random testing of drivers in safety-sensitive positions, including those who operate…
When a commercial truck driver fails a drug or alcohol test or refuses to take one, federal law does not simply allow them to get back behind the wheel the next day. Instead, the law requires a specific process to protect the public, and at the heart of this process…