Bowie Truck Accident Lawyer

Following safety rules is critical to protecting the public and for driver’s to maintain their jobs.  Every truck driver has to demonstrate that they know the rules and are capable of following the rules.  Truck accidents invariably follow violations of these rules that are due fatigue, carelessness, weather conditions and laziness.  Truck accidents are often investigated by authorities, the trucking companies risk management team and also their insurance company.  An admission of responsibility by a truck driver may lead to his termination from the company.   The truck driver knows the rules that he should have followed and it is important to have a truck accident lawyer that knows the same rules.  Bowie Truck accident lawyer George Patterson has handled hundreds of truck accident injury cases, deposed dozens of truck drivers and worked with trucking experts.  He is a Board Certified Truck Accident Attorney and an Advocate member of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys.

The truck accident lawyers at Patterson law know the detailed requirements of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.  Many companies that engage in interstate trucking provide copies of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to their drivers.  Safety rule violations can establish fault on the part of the driver of a commercial truck.

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Commercial trucks have large blind spots that require the proper adjustment of mirrors for the truck drivers to monitor those areas for traffic.  The Bowie truck accident lawyers have litigated numerous cases involving unsafe lane changes made by commercial truck drivers into cars that were in known blind spots.

Interstate truck drivers are also required to maintain a log documenting the hours that they had been driving as well as the location and times of stops.  This information is helpful to determine if a truck driver was sleep deprived or running late. Violations of the rules of the road are more likely to occur when a driver is tired or rushed.  Trucking accidents due to driver fatigue or falling asleep at the wheel often result in catastrophic truck crashes.

Improper truck maintenance also leads to accidents. Truck accident lawyer, George Patterson has litigated truck accidents caused by illegally parked trucks and by trucks that failed to have adequate lighting or reflective markings.  This is particularly important in preventing night time accidents when trucks are crossing multiple lane roadways.  Truck accident lawyer, George Patterson has also handled wrongful death claims arising from serious truck accidents.

Early in George Patterson’s career he was hired by a major trucking company to represent the company after a serious truck accident.  The truck accident occurred when a truck driver ran into multiple cars that were stopped on a highway.  The weather reports indicated that there had been fog in the area before the accident.  An exhaustive review of the driver’s logs and corresponding records followed.  Mr. Patterson has experience with meeting with truck drivers immediately after serious accidents and sometimes on location.  These meetings were done to preserve critical evidence.  Truck accident lawyer, George Patterson knows the types of evidence that would be preserved after a serious truck accident.  Trucking companies hire lawyers immediately after serious accidents as a way to shield the lawyers work through attorney-client and attorney work-product privileges.  Unless your lawyer knows what evidence to request, preserve and obtain it is unlikely that the trucking company will voluntarily disclose or preserve critical evidence.