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Sick Truck Drivers Causing Fatal Accidents
Despite federal regulations designed to protect drivers, commercial drivers, such as tractor-trailer drivers, are causing a significant amount of fatal accidents.
These drivers are having seizures, heart attacks, and unconscious spells while driving. Federal regulations require yearly medical examinations for anyone holding a commercial drivers license (CDL). However, a study by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which is supposed to enforce trucking regulations, found that more and more truck drivers are not complying with the medical examination requirement or simply not reporting their problems. Many drivers are driving even though they have been declared disabled.
Back in 2001, federal safety regulators made eight recommendations to clamp down on this problem, but the FMCSA has not implemented any of them. So, until that happens, there are truck drivers who are violating federal laws, putting other drivers and themselves at risk, and operating vehicles that weigh up to 80,000 lbs.
For more information about this issue, and accounts about specific drivers, click on the headline/title of this blog.
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