What Happens When a Truck Driver Violates Hours-of-Service Regulations?
A family driving home on the Long Island Expressway late on a Thursday night got rear-ended by a semi doing 65mph. The truck barely braked before impact. The driver told investigators he’d been on the road since 4am. It was 11pm. That’s nineteen hours. Federal law limits commercial drivers to 11 hours of driving within […]
