A semi-trailer can pose a serious risk to other drivers on the road under the best conditions, at a speed of 65 miles per hour or more move and weigh up to 80,000 pounds can when fully loaded.

Its length, weight, and poor visibility of these huge vehicles make it has trained be the truck driver, and warning. If a truck company operating a this massive big rigs entrusted to a driver it knows too sick or get tired, the results can be tragic. At Montlick and Associates, attorneys at law, we have truck representing accident victims in the greater Atlanta and very Georgia more than 27 years. If you were injured or have lost a loved one in a serious commercial truck accident you have on compensation for your injuries or loss claim.

While the summer 2009 contains a sample of the danger in the truck company their drivers do not properly monitor semi-trailer accident a heavy Oklahoma. While the truck accident slept 76-year-old truck driver at the wheel and drove over the top of two vehicles for passenger transport if it is not even the brakes applied. The driver had before been released recently from the hospital for cardiac problems and were on the road just over 10 hours, when the accident occurred is at 3 am the truck driver took still drugs after the recent hospital stay.

Even with all this clear evidence, that he were not on the street a 18-Wheeler with predictable results brought him his employer behind the wheel. The truck ran the semi-trailer literally slept over the top of two vehicles for passenger transport as the driver behind the wheel. The accident resulted in the death of all eight occupants of the two vehicles. The truck driver who claimed that his Gesamtmasse(n) was been parked and below, the truck drove the vehicles for passenger transport and were crushed. However, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the semi-trailer accident was caused by driver fatigue. The NTSB noted in particular that the truck accident occurred during the driver's first day back after cardiac surgery.

Despite directives by the NTSB to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), to the introduction of stricter rules for medical fitness tractor it has little progress in recent years. At it over the last decade little change to keep drivers from the road medically unfit. From 2002 to 2008 have been over 800 fatalities of truck with medically unfit drivers. Not withstand these alarming statistics, a driver behind the wheel of a tractor again allow everything that is required is a certificate from almost any health care professional, including a nurse or chiropractor. There are also no standards for the implementation of which accounts for fitness test or guidelines for what.

Fatigue is a leading cause of tractor accidents and in combination with mangelnder medical fitness fatal Georgia Gesamtmasse(n) risk is extremely high. If you or someone you love is seriously injured in a Georgia Gesamtmasse(n) was accident or you have lost a lover of wrongful death, experienced Atlanta Gesamtmasse(n) accident lawyers Montlick and associates offer a free initial consultation no obligation. Diligently, we pursue the interests of our customers as part of our commitment to be the best personal injury law firm in Georgia.

Our Georgia semi-trailer accident lawyers represent clients in all Georgia and in the Southeast, including but not limited to Albany, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Gainesville, Macon, Marietta, Rome, Roswell, Savannah, Smyrna, Valdosta, helping Warner Robins and all the smaller towns and rural areas in the State. No matter where you are our lawyers are only a phone call away, and we come even to you. Call the week us 24 hours a day/7 days for your free consultation at 1-800-LAW-NEED (1-800-529-6333). You can also visit us at www.montlick.com and use our free case evaluation form or 24-hour live online chat.

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