Summary of Attorney Jason R. Schultz Gives Reasons Truck Accidents Happ 

  • Congested Driving Environment: Truck accidents in Atlanta are influenced by heavy traffic congestion, affecting driver performance.

  • Pressure on Truck Drivers: Despite being generally professional, truck drivers often face pressure from companies, leading to inadequate sleep and poor health habits.

  • Health Issues and Fatigue: The sedentary nature of trucking and unhealthy eating contribute to driver fatigue, increasing the likelihood of inattentiveness and crashes.

  • Distractions While Driving: Common distractions, such as using satellite communication and cell phones, significantly raise the risk of accidents involving trucks.

  • Importance of Legal Representation: Hiring an experienced lawyer promptly is crucial for accessing and preserving essential data related to truck drivers’ logs and communication before it is lost.

Did You Know

According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), driver fatigue is a leading factor in truck accidents, with studies showing that nearly 13% of all commercial vehicle crashes involve a driver who was fatigued at the time of the incident.

Transcript

There's a wide variety of reasons why trucks are involved in accidents around atlanta it's very congested driving i believe that most truck drivers are very professional but sometimes they're pushed too hard by their companies and uh have a tendency to not get enough sleep or the the rhythm of their sleep is not appropriate they don't get enough exercise that leads to all kinds of problems the fact that they are sitting down in their truck most of the day and they don't eat healthy for the most part causes them to be tired a lot of the times and that leads to crashes because they're inattentive i think fiddling around with the satellite data communications uh cell phones and other things like that and distractions uh lead to uh big truck wrecks when you're involved in a serious truck accident it's our job to discover all the information that they don't want you to find out about about their driver's logs and satellite data communication where they had been the 24 hours leading up to a wreck it's very important it's important that you hire a truck accident lawyer as soon as possible in these cases because they're only required to keep that data for a short period of time and you need a lawyer that's very experienced in trucking accident cases to make them preserve all that information 

 

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