How is the government making the roads safer?
The trucking companies are required to follow regulations set forth by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Truck drivers must keep a driver’s log of all the hours they drove. They are not alllowed to driver more than 11 hours straight and they have to take a 10 hour break after 14 hours of duty. Truckers can’t drive more than 60 hours a week. There is no doubt that trucking accidents lead to larger settlements. Not only because the injuries tend to be more serious, but because trucking companies are required to carry large insurance policies. The amount they are requried to keep depends on what they are hauling and it is designed to be able to cover injured parties for all their damages.
