On behalf of Taliaferro, Carran & Cowherd, PLLC | Sep 17, 2019 | Truck Accidents
New trucking regulations could potentially improve safety on Kentucky roads, yet significant hurdles stand in the way of implementation. Trucking accidents pose a significant risk of severe injuries and death to pedestrians and occupants of smaller vehicles. Data...
On behalf of Taliaferro, Carran & Cowherd, PLLC | Aug 28, 2019 | Truck Accidents
A study by the National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence indicates that trucking companies can improve performance by prioritizing safety. Management strategies and the implementation of advanced safety technologies can greatly improve the safety of...
On behalf of Taliaferro, Carran & Cowherd, PLLC | Jul 25, 2019 | Truck Accidents
Truck drivers in Kentucky should take precautions in bad weather to avoid causing accidents. They might be more likely to hydroplane in an empty big rig and might need to pull over in some types of weather. Some causes of truck accidents are not the fault of the...
On behalf of Taliaferro, Carran & Cowherd, PLLC | Jul 8, 2019 | Truck Accidents
The Department of Transportation plans to change its regulations concerning the number of hours that drivers of commercial trucks in Kentucky and the rest of the United States are allowed to be behind the wheel. The trucking industry has long advocated for a...
On behalf of Taliaferro, Carran & Cowherd, PLLC | Jun 21, 2019 | Truck Accidents
Large truck accidents in Kentucky and around the country claimed 4,761 lives in 2017, and the 415,000 collisions involving large commercial vehicles killed 600 truck drivers and injured a further 148,000. The Washington, DC-based Alliance for Driver Safety &...
On behalf of Taliaferro, Carran & Cowherd, PLLC | Jun 3, 2019 | Truck Accidents
Any kind of motor vehicle accident can have serious consequences, but truck accidents may lead to some additional complexities. One reason is that the size of the truck simply means that more damage is likely. This size also means an accident takes up more space on...
On behalf of Taliaferro, Carran & Cowherd, PLLC | May 13, 2019 | Truck Accidents
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance understands that increasing traffic law enforcement is one way of reducing car crashes in Kentucky and across the U.S. For this reason, the CVSA designates one week out of every year as Operation Safe Driver Week; during this...
On behalf of Taliaferro, Carran & Cowherd, PLLC | Apr 16, 2019 | Truck Accidents
Truck drivers in Kentucky often drive for long hours over dark and monotonous stretches of highway. While operator fatigue may seem to be a natural result of the job, it can also be a cause of severe and even deadly trucking crashes. Fatigued truckers are responsible...
On behalf of Taliaferro, Carran & Cowherd, PLLC | Mar 27, 2019 | Truck Accidents
Large truck crashes are leading to more deaths in Kentucky and elsewhere in the country. In 2017, there were 4,102 large truck crash fatalities: 28 percent more than in 2009. Of those, 68 percent were car occupants, and 14 percent were pedestrians, bicyclists and...
On behalf of Taliaferro, Carran & Cowherd, PLLC | Feb 19, 2019 | Truck Accidents
At the 2019 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, an officer from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration discussed some very disappointing news about the rate of fatal accidents involving trucks on roads in Kentucky and throughout the nation. From the...
