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It’s that time of year again. We’re rushing to and from holiday parties and the shopping mall. We’re decorating our homes. It’s dark outside, but we’re thankful for all those lights that brighten the cold nights. With all this holiday cheer comes some well-known flaws to the season. Some of us get colds. Others of…

November is one of the busiest weeks on our nation’s highways thanks to a little holiday delightfully nicknamed Turkey Day. Thanksgiving is the holiday when many of us cross long distances for the ones we love. We reunite with our families, introduce new friends, and participate in holiday traditions, like eating mom’s cooking or watching…

The future has arrived in Nevada, where on May 5th 2015, Daimler’s Truck and Bus division unveiled the Freightliner Inspiration: the world’s first licensed self-driven big rig. It looks like something out of Transformers, but make no mistake – this cousin of Optimus Prime does not feature fully-functioning robotic control. A trained, professional truck driver…

Liability and insurance issues are constant hot topics in the transportation industry. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, large truck crashes account for around 3,500 fatal accidents. The estimated cost of commercial motor vehicle accidents is $87 billion annually. Trucking company leaders are constantly looking for safety solutions to protect the lives of their…

It looks like the huge tractor-trailers on our highways are about to get bigger. A congressman from Wisconsin has offered a bill that would increase the maximum truck weight allowed on interstate highways from 80,000 pounds to 91,000 pounds. This would mean adding a sixth axle to these trucks. Of course, the companies that ship…

Leona Chin looked unassuming, like just another bubbly teenager as she slid into the driver’s seat dressed in SpongeBob SquarePants attire with her hair in two ponytails. The driving instructors all thought she was just another student as well – until she stepped on the gas. In a prank video posted on the website MaxMan.tv,…

A recent op-ed in the New York Times calls upon Congress to step up to the plate and increase regulation of the trucking industry – not decrease it. The truck accident attorneys at Fried Goldberg couldn’t agree more. Currently, the federal government is considering increasing the number of hours a driver can work to a…

Most people are aware that trucking accidents are a serious problem in our country, but many don’t realize just how dangerous they are to Americans on the road. Weighing up to 80,000 pounds and often carrying extremely hazardous cargo, semi-trucks are involved in thousands of fatal crashes every year, devastating families and changing the lives…

Earlier this year, five students were killed in an accident that may have been caused by a trucker who fell asleep at the wheel. Just this week, we learned the truck driver responsible for the crash that killed one man and severely injured comedian Tracy Morgan hadn’t slept for 28 hours. The dangers of fatigued…

In what may signal a gigantic step toward safer highways across the nation, 26 members of Congress have urged the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to increase minimum insurance level requirements for trucking companies. The current minimum of $750,000, implemented in 1980, was designed to help police truck companies with negligent operating practices. The…