An estimated one-third of commercial truck drivers have noticed some form of sleep apnea, the University of Pennsylvania in a study. The study by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the American transportation research was sponsored by the American Trucking Associations Institute, found that age and obesity were the biggest causes of the disorder.

People with sleep apnea sleep at abnormal times and experience headaches, lack of concentration and memory, as well as irritability and depression during the daytime fatigue, tomorrow. Stanford University medical school found that "driver with untreated sleep apnea subjects Act became worse on performance tests as healthy alarm whose blood-alcohol concentration above the Federal limit for the propulsion of motor vehicles, the commercial".

Truck accidents are caused by sleep apnea a unfortunate reality. Whether the driver was, asleep responded not quickly enough or had problems with focus, people, who need your questions answered, after an accident should contact involved in competent legal advice. FMSCA rules state, the drivers with medical conditions, or a history of the diagnosis, which would hinder their ability to drive safely not allowed to drive commercial vehicles. But since medical standards differ between States, it can be enough hard, so the driver healthy, to will be on the road.

The FMSCA latest security facts show that 5,000 truck drivers in fatal crashes and 400,000 accidents per year. And 200 HAZMAT truck fatalities and 5,000 accidents caused. As the economy starts to recover, be more were purchased and delivered with semi trucks and 18-wheelers. Compliance with the safety standards is much more important and driver compliance with is maximum driving time of crucial importance. Electronic recording devices are of the FMSCA longer work hours is respected proposed maximum residue levels in comparison to the current paper logs. Current protocols must hours drive, off-duty time and miles travelled document.

As national transportation week on 15 may, the Association will hold events for global logistics and transport (NDTA), to select the country you new transport, to promote travel and security processes, as well as security and improvements in the industry. Driver fatigue and sleep deprivation should be addressed. And people who earn affected by sleep apnea to get the help they need to resolve the issue.

But in the face after a truck accident, if you with injuries or loss of a loved one have to do, informed legal advice is key. Illinois, Chicago truck accident lawyer Paul is A. Greenberg, Esq.. energetic defense rights of his clients full compensation for medical bills, pain and suffering and restore wages. The Briskman Briskman & Greenberg team Chicago truck accident attorneys will liability, the truck-inspection history, service violations and previous claims of negligence. In addition to that sent in the complex cases, advised she negligence caused also truck drivers in crashes by another driver.

Briskman Briskman & Greenberg serves individuals and their families in Chicago u-Bahn area and in Illinois and Wisconsin. You handle the accidents that occur Tri-State Tollway, I-90 Kennedy Expressway, I-290 Eisenhower Expressway and -55 Stevenson Expressway on highways such as I-94.

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