What a Truck Accident Attorney Checks in a Driver's Logs
Driver Fatigue and Hours of Service Rules in Tractor-Trailer Crash Claims When a tractor-trailer crash happens late in a long run, an early question is whether the driver was within the federal hours-of-service limits. Fatigue leaves little physical trace at a crash scene, so the answer usually comes from records rather than the roadway. A tractor-trailer crash lawyer reviewing one of these cases usually starts by comparing the driver's logs against every other record of th
How Crash Reports and Dashcam Video Shape a Car Accident Claim
Evidence After a Car Crash: Police Reports and Dashcam Video The evidence in a car crash claim starts to scatter within hours. Cars are towed and repaired, video is overwritten and witnesses become hard to reach. An auto accident lawyer typically starts with the police report and any photos or video, then the data stored in the vehicles. This article explains how each source fits into a claim. The crash report When officers respond to a crash, they usually prepare a c