Why are large liability truck crashes on the rise?

In 1998, the Regular Common Carrier Conference (a truckers commercial drivers conference) survey found:

• The age of the average truck driver is getting older.  He is professionally burned out and is tired, often falling asleep at the wheel.  The average Driver Age is 41-years old.  The average professional truck driver believes that he or she can drive 10.6 hours before requiring an extended rest; 30% indicate that they can safely drive up to 16 hours consecutively. Drivers estimate, on average, that 36% of truck accidents are due to driver fatigue. Of the drivers, those under 50 years old, 41% mention stress and anxiety related factors, such as danger, tight schedules and being away from families.
• The average truck driver is less experienced. Average Driver Experience is now 15.7 years; 52% have completed high school; 10% belong to unions; for-hire carriers employ 52%; 27% are owner- operators under trip or permanent leases and only 30% received formal training from a truck driving school.
• The average truck driver ignores the laws. 59% of professional truck drivers believe that a 65 mph speed limit (rather than 55 mph speed limit) improves safety.  29% of the drivers stated that they regularly drive under the influence of illegal drugs including marijuana, speed, and cocaine/crack.  Two-fifths of professional truck drivers never use their seatbelts.  94% of professional truck drivers oppose the nationwide ban on radar detectors. 85% of truck drivers use the radar detectors.
• The federal and state agencies no longer regulate with roadside inspections as they used to, which means that Truckers know they will never get caught.  This encourages them to ignore the laws.  The median number of roadside inspections conducted by regulatory agencies in the field was three per driver, per year.

Most professional truck drivers do not follow basic safety rules of the road.  Showing that they don't is important to your case.

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