Brett Holloway

The CVSA has published its 2026 and 2027 inspection blitz schedules, featuring a major calendar shift that relocates Brake Safety Week from its traditional late summer slot to April 18–24 in 2027

Federal rules limit most property carrying truck drivers to 11 hours of driving after taking 10 straight hours off duty. When a trucker's electronic log ticks past 11 hours while the rig is still moving on the interstate, a potential hours-of-service violation is triggered.

Because federal safety data can document patterns of maintenance problems long before they lead to a serious collision, vehicle care violations are an increasingly significant concern in commercial truck accident cases.

Is a Violation of the Underride Guard Grounds for Truck Accident Liability? Underride crashes are a specific type of commercial truck accident that can be especially deadly. If the vehicles are involved in head-on collisions, people inside risk serious injuries, as that kind of crash can reach up into the upper part of a passenger compartment.

You can't just show up at the crash site after a truck accident. The actual story sometimes can be found in vehicle inspection records done before the accident.

Truck accidents are a serious road safety issue in the USA. Commercial trucks, tractor-trailers, semi-trucks, and 18-wheelers are much heavier and larger than passenger vehicles. Therefore, when a large truck collides with a car, SUV, motorcycle, or other vehicle, the consequences of the crash can be very serious.

The FMCSA Safety Measurement System (SMS) is an important regulatory tool to evaluate motor carrier safety performance. SMS analyzes carriers' safety performance in relation to specific categories of violations, crashes, and other safety-related data applicable to those carriers against peer groups.

If a trucking company hired or kept on a driver who was obviously unqualified to perform safety-sensitive duties or made insufficient attempts to properly inspect and maintain an unsafe truck, then the liability of the trucking firm may extend further than that of the individual error committed by their employee.