Owing to the sheer size of trucks, getting into an accident with one can cause catastrophic damage. If you or your loved one has been injured by a commercial truck, there are many laws and regulations that may help you get compensation for your losses. The trucking...
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New speed-limiting technology may prevent truck accidents | The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery
Most drivers have experienced the anxiety of seeing a big rig rapidly approaching in the rearview mirror. On the other hand, many have also driven behind 18-wheelers that block multiple lanes by traveling well below the posted speed. Either of these situations may...
MAP-21 in place for safety progress | The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery
The government and crash investigators, as well as much of the general public, have long since recognized a need for greater safety procedures and progress measures to become standardized within the trucking and commercial transportation industry. As the industry...
Texas Laws Set the Scene for National Cell Phone Action
If you're driving in Texas, you may want to consider keeping both hands on the wheel. Cell phone laws have been ramping up across the country and Texas is one of many states taking a hard look at phone use by drivers. On September 1st, two new laws took effect in...
Dueling proposals in Congress on allowable truck weights, part 2
Let's pick up the threads of the discussion we began in part one of this post on dueling proposals in Congress on truck weight limits. One proposal is SETA, for Safe and Efficient Transportation Act. The other is SHIPA, for Safe Highways and Infrastructure Act. What...
Dueling proposals in Congress on allowable truck weights, part 1
It's already been a month since we last posted on the subject of weight limits for trucks. In our June 13 post, we noted that some trucking industry interests want Congress to raise the limits to 97,000 pounds on six axles. The issue remains in play. Formally, the...
Comments on the Texas petition for secession
Chuck Thompson's article in the New Republic responds to the recent 80,000-signature-strong petition to the White House requesting that Texas be allowed to secede from the union. Thompson writes: Rather than secession, which would radically fracture our nation, Texas...
Leave ‘Hydrofracking’ to the States, Say Local Officials
"Unreasonable," "unnecessary," "hijack," and "knee-jerk" are all words used by state lawmakers and other officials whose local economies largely rely on the oil and gas industry. They're referring to federal oversight of so-called "hydrofracking," oversight that poses...
A fatal car wreck and the Texas Tort Claims Act
As Alyssa Johnston reports for the Times Record News, city counselors in one Texas town are now considering settling the wrongful death claims arising out of a fatal car wreck - involving a police car - for the limits of $500,000 under the Texas Tort Claims Act in...
New Texas Laws Against Drunk Driving Go into Place
New law ups the ante starting this week for drunk truck drivers and other drivers who cause auto accidents and serious injuries. As Kelley Shannon reports for the San Antonio Express-News, the Texas legislature passed law that adds another 10 years to the possible...