Best Consumer Protection Lawyers near Brooklyn Park, MN

CAR HIT BY TRUCK We need truck drivers. Most of the products you buy in the store get there by truck. As a result, there are a lot of trucks on the road at any given time. Unfortunately, because of the high need for truck drivers, and desire to keep prices low, companies often do not train their drivers properly. Our firm has handed many cases in Minneapolis and St. Paul where a truck causes a serious accident car accident. Time Magazine recently published an article on this subject.  In the article, they point out that barbers in many states need 1000 hours of training to get a license, and airline passenger pilots must have 1500 of flight time. But there is no minimum behind the wheel drive time required for truck drivers. First year drivers are involved in more crashes than other truckers. Continued truck driver training is important as well. The consequences of inadequate training are most dramatic when big rigs crash into other vehicles. The truck driver has responsibility, of course.  But the employer is responsible as well.  It is not fair to the truck driver or the public to put an inexperienced trucker on the road with such a huge vehicle.  They are simply to complicated to operate without proper training. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed rules for additional driver training, but industry lobbying groups were able to defeat them. If you have been injured in a car accident caused by a truck in MN, call us for a free consult with a lawyer.