On behalf of Reinig, Barber & Henry | Mar 17, 2020 | Truck Accidents
A few years ago, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration enacted what it called the Hours of Service rule for commercial truck drivers. This rule aimed to prevent or curb instances of fatigued operation by truckers by limiting the number of days and hours a...
On behalf of Reinig, Barber & Henry | Feb 11, 2020 | Truck Accidents
Washington State Department of Licensing requires truck drivers to complete several months of training to receive a commercial driver’s license. Regardless of several years of training, the accidents still happen, and sometimes, as a result of negligence....
On behalf of Reinig, Barber & Henry | Jul 4, 2019 | Truck Accidents
There are hundreds of commercial truck drivers on the road throughout the state of Washington. Unfortunately, not all of them have the experience or training to safely operate their big rigs. That inexperience can lead to accidents that cause injury and death. In...
On behalf of Reinig, Barber & Henry | Mar 21, 2019 | Truck Accidents
As the need for truckers has grown, trucking companies have begun recruiting older as well as younger drivers. They’ve also increased their recruitment of female truckers. When actress Ann B. Davis made a brief appearance in The Brady Bunch Movie as a trucker...
On behalf of Reinig, Barber & Henry | Dec 27, 2018 | Truck Accidents
A motorist suffered serious injuries when a tractor-trailer operator ran a red light at a Kennewick intersection, crashing into the motorist’s vehicle on the evening of Dec. 22. The violent crash occurred just before 5:49 p.m. that fateful day at the...
On behalf of Reinig, Barber & Henry | Nov 14, 2018 | Truck Accidents
The trucking log is an important tool for not just truck drivers, but also for investigators and attorneys. This electronic log records the driving time, the sleep time and the out-of-service hours of the driver. There is a paper log that the driver can complete as a...
On behalf of Reinig, Barber & Henry | Oct 4, 2018 | Truck Accidents
Driving a semitruck is an enormous responsibility from a safety perspective. These massive vehicles carry unimaginable amounts of tonnage and when a normal passenger vehicle collides with a semitruck, there’s a high likelihood of catastrophic injuries and...
On behalf of Reinig, Barber & Henry | Sep 20, 2018 | Truck Accidents
Semitrucks are so large that they can’t always navigate traffic in the way that normal automobiles do. For example, sometimes when a semitruck makes a turn through an intersection, it needs to swing out wide into a neighboring lane of traffic in order to...
On behalf of Reinig, Barber & Henry | Aug 24, 2018 | Truck Accidents
Have you ever fallen asleep on the job? It might be embarrassing to admit, but maybe after a long, sleepless night — or a late night of partying — you found yourself nodding off at the office. It’s human nature to fall asleep when we’re tired,...
On behalf of Reinig, Barber & Henry | Jun 28, 2018 | Truck Accidents
Benton boating enthusiasts commonly pair boating with beer and other alcoholic beverages. One might even suspect that boating is just an excuse for getting drunk for some people. Such an attitude is extremely irresponsible and dangerous — in fact, it’s...
