Daytona Beach Truck Accident Attorneys
Whether a big rig plowed into your sports car, or you got sideswiped by a tractor trailer as you went through an intersection, you need strategic guidance for how to collect money for your injuries and medical bills. A Daytona Beach truck accident can take just seconds to occur, but the implications can be life-altering. This essay will review some basic info and statistics about truck accidents and highlight a key resource you can use to activate your case right now.
Changes to Truck Accident Law
Prior to 1980, approximately 20,000 trucking operations existed. Then Congress passed a piece of legislation called the Motor Carrier Vehicle Act of 1980, which led to the deregulation of the trucking industry and encouraged numerous small scale operators to get into business. By 2000, around half a million carriers were doing trucking business in the United States. This deregulation created safety challenges, as these small companies cut corners to stay competitive.
In 2004 and 2005, trucking laws were revised to allow drivers to log more hours than they had been logging - up to 11 hours a day in the case of semi-truck drivers. This loosening of regulations unsurprisingly led to more accidents. As the President of Public Citizen recently remarked: "Large trucks are rolling time bombs" on U.S. freeways and roads.
Bigger Vehicles Impart Greater Force
Everyone intuitively knows that trucks are potentially more dangerous than cars and motorcycles. The reason is that trucks can impart a tremendous amount of force, even if they are not going that fast. Consider the force required to stop a 20-ton truck going from 30 miles per hour to 0 miles per hour. Now 30 miles per hour is not that fast. But 20 tons is a lot. Force depends both on the amount of acceleration (or deceleration) as well as the mass. So stopping a 20-ton truck going at 30 miles per hour requires the same exact force as stopping a 2-ton car traveling at 300 miles per hour. Imagine being hit by a car traveling at 300 miles per hour? That would do a tremendous amount of damage, right?
Potential Liable Parties
Your Daytona Beach truck accident attorney can help identify potential defendants. There may be more defendants than you imagine. Obviously, your first instinct might be to sue the driver of the truck who negligently rammed your vehicle or blew through the stoplight and sideswiped your car. But you can also potentially legally attack the trucking company that owned the truck as well as that company's insurer.
Moving Forward
Obviously, in the wake of your truck accident, you have a lot to think about and a lot to do - most critically, you need to heal from your injuries and deal with loose ends at work and at home. You don't have a lot of energy and effort left over to put into a Daytona Beach truck accident case. Fortunately, the time-tested law firm, Farah & Farah, can help you put your case on autopilot and give you the strategically focused direction you need to get this off your mind and hold any and all liable parties effectively accountable.
Call 800-533-3555 or go to www.farahandfarah.com now.
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Our personal promise: Accident victims have specific rights, but by law you have a limited time to take action. When you use our team at Farah & Farah, there are NO up-front charges.
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Our fee is a percentage of the money awarded payable only when your case is successfully concluded. No matter how many times you call and how long we talk, there is NO CHARGE or cost until your case settles. Do not sign any releases, agreements or give any statements until you have spoken with us about your legal rights. When it comes to getting you more, we won't settle for less!
We personally promise that you will be treated with the respect and dignity you deserve. We promise to keep you up to date and informed as to developments in your case. Your case is important to us, regardless of size.
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