Truck Accidents Archives | Rocky McElhaney Law Firm

The trucking industry is one of the most vital to the health of the economy in Tennessee and the rest of the country. The more tractor-trailers you see on the road, the better the economy is performing. However, these large trucks pose many dangers to motorists in cars, vans, motorcycles, and pickup trucks. Tractor-trailers are…

Operating commercial vehicles, specifically tractor-trailers, is not an easy task. Truck drivers have to deal with the weather, oversized loads, hazardous materials, other drivers, road hazards, and many other problems when behind the wheel. Technology has been an increasing problem on the roads of America as accidents caused by distracted drivers continue to mount. However,…

FMCSA Expands Hours-Of-Service Regulations for Coronavirus Relief Efforts

For the first time since the rule’s inception in 1938, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has temporarily lifted their hours-of-service (HOS) law, which mandates how many hours a truck driver can work. This is an unprecedented move in an effort to battle the national COVID-19 pandemic, allowing supplies like medicine, food, and other…

For years, we have been fighting to hold trucking companies accountable when the negligence of their drivers, staff, and employees leads to the injuries and deaths of innocent people. A collision with a big-rig is almost guaranteed to be life-altering, and some of the client we’ve helped over the years have suffered injuries so severe,…

If you have a driver’s license, you’re aware that every vehicle has one or more blind spots. Your passenger vehicle has sideview and rearview mirrors, and maybe even backup cameras, to minimize your blind spots and help reduce the chance of a backing-up accident. You may also have had close calls, or witnessed them, where…

Most of us share the road with tractor-trailers every day. It’s just a part of Nashville life. Whether we’re traveling on the highway for our commute to work, running errands, or simply getting from one place to another, we’ve encountered trucks at one point or another. For the most part, we know how to share…

Every day in Nashville’s three major interstates, I-24, I-65 and I-40, truck drivers come through who are fatigued from too many hours of operations, too much time behind the wheel. Federal law requires truck drivers to take breaks at certain intervals, and to only drive for a certain amount of time. However, being on the…

Last year, Congress mandated the use of electronic logging devices (ELDs) to enforce the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) hours of service rules (HOS). The HOS rules were put in place to make sure that commercial truck drivers took breaks and got enough sleep time to prevent truck driver fatigue. ELDs were mandated to…

A commercial truck accident is different from a collision involving passenger vehicles in many ways. For instance, if you need to file a negligence claim against a truck driver, you have many options of who to sue. Sometimes, the company which employs the driver can also be held liable for your injuries. Determining who will…

Trucking Info recently reported that the US Department of Transportation (DOT) has enacted new guides for autonomous vehicles. These guidelines are meant to help safely integrate new technology in cars, commercial vehicles, on-road transit and even the roads – to better protect the public. The guidelines, announced by Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, are voluntary.…