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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 the driver. Federal trucking safety rules acknowledge that safety starts before the driver turns the key, and place responsibility on the trucking company to know the rules, teach the rules, and require compliance.

The federal regulation, 49 C.F.R. § 390.3 state every employer must know and comply with the safety regulations, and every driver and employee must receive instruction and comply. Additionally, 49 C.F.R. § 390.11 says that when the regulations impose a duty on a driver, the motor carrier must require the driver to follow it.