A truck accident is sometimes caused because a driver neglects federal driving regulations or laws. An attorney can help you review the facts of your case to determine if the violation of regulation will place the blame on the truck driver or the respective commercial truck company.

In other cases, the driver may be spending too many hours behind the wheel (not uncommon for commercial truck drivers). Within the federal driving regulations includes a law that dictates how much a driver is allowed to spend on the road at a time.

Drivers are bound by law to take breaks for a minimum amount of time. If a driver abuses these rules and neglects the mandatory rest breaks he or she could be putting everyone on the road at risk. Overworked and fatigued drivers are very likely to cause a serious accident and truck accidents can often be fatal.

Jill S. Bollwerk
Helping St. Louis area residents with personal injury, workers' compensation & insurance appeals/disputes.