O'Connor Law

It seems that with regular inspections, it should be impossible for poorly maintained and dangerous trucks to stay on the road, but somehow it happens. Some reasons why these unsafe trucks can keep operating are:

· Drivers are required to carry out inspections after every day's work, but the drivers are uncompensated for this time, and after a long day of work, the drivers are often fatigued and conduct cursory inspections or none at all.

· Driver-owners or motor carriers who operate only one vehicle are not required to carry out daily inspections.

· There are no requirements that Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) personnel carry out an inspection at a weigh station, simply that they are authorized to.
· Periodic annual inspections can be carried out by the trucking company.

All of these factors combine to take the teeth out of the inspection process, meaning that FMCSA officials may never see a vehicle and may never know what its condition until a truck accident occurs.

In the face of such lax guidelines, the only way to keep dangerous trucks off the road is to make it too costly for trucking companies to afford an accident. If you have been in an accident with a tractor-trailer truck, you can receive compensation and protect others from suffering your pain by contacting an experienced trucking accident lawyer at Michael J. O'Connor & Associates, LLC.