The Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways (CRASH) in 2001 estimated 430,000 commercial vehicles in US were involved in accidents
- over 5,000 people died and
- 130,000 suffered injury
Source: www.michiganinjurylawyers.com
How tragic is this? This is a personal choice to be irresponsible, knowingly placing the other people in danger, including yourself. Playing Russian roulette on the highway with consumed non prescript medication, can be for the cost of your life. Please don’t do this, don’t play this dangerous game.
There are three groups of laws and regulations that can apply in a commercial vehicle case
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR)
- State laws regulating the operation of any vehicle
- State regulations governing the operating vehicles
A commercial truck accident can be much more catastrophic with more serious fatal injuries than an accident between two vehicles for personal use, for getting the right picture have this in mind, fully loaded truck (such as a big rig or dump truck) can weigh at least 25 times more than a personal vehicle/car.
