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Truck Accidents

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Will New Technologies Prevent Truck Accidents

In California, the legislature considered a law that would have mandated the use of remote stopping devices for vehicles carrying hazardous materials. The question is still whether the new technologies work.

The bill would have used GPS to track trucks hauling hazardous materials and allow those trucks to be stopped by remote control. Opponents say that the devices often fail and that they can be defeated with a $20 device. Amateur hijackers may be foiled but not serious terrorists.

California truckers strongly opposed the bill. They believed it would have made them less competitive. Technology experts also opposed the bill saying that the signal to stop the trucks would simply be lost in local noise.

In one test the truck just kept going when the signal was sent to stop it.

After 9/11, California Governor Gray Davis established a task force to test different truck stopping technologies. That task force -- made up of the California Highway Patrol, fuel handlers, service station attendants, oil marketers, and others – developed a number testing schemes.

The bill came up for vote in 2004 and failed. By now with the memory of 9/11 having faded across most of the country, it is unlikely that such legislation will be renewed especially with today’s economy. However, as technology improves, it is very possible that these types of devices could work.

Technology is coming to automobiles right now that will warn drivers as they drift into another lane or come to close to the rear of a vehicle ahead. With driver fatigue the problem that it is among commercial truckers, will new technologies be applied in the near future to prevent truck accidents?

The Young Firm in New Orleans understands the serious nature of automobile and truck accidents and the injuries that can result. Our firm will investigate the causes of any accident and pursue appropriate legal action.

Call a Louisiana car and truck accident attorney today at (866) 660-7220 for a free and confidential consultation if you have been involved in a car accident or an accident with a truck.