Special licenses for commercial drivers, which subjects them to: regulations regarding prescription and non-prescription drug usage and drug screening, A limit on the total number of hours a driver operates a truck within 24 hours, Required logging of their mileage and stops, Restrictions to routes on certain surface streets, Additionally, trucks are subject to higher insurance limits that help to compensate people after the fact.
These regulations do make the roadways and trucking overall safer. Unfortunately, a small minority of truck drivers disregard these regulations. Their reasons might be financial pressure to log more miles in a shorter time period – or simply because of carelessness and mistakes.
The results of accidents caused by disregarding those regulations can be truly disastrous for the other vehicles involved. No amount of money can make up for the damages that can be done by an accident involving a commercial vehicle. However, a personal injury claim can help victims of these accidents to recover from a financial standpoint – and cover their costs for medical care.