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Steve Gordon of the Law Firm of Gordon & Elias, has launched an educational video explaining how driver fatigue kills.

“Driver fatigue is a pet issue of mine because I believe a truck driver is caught between a rock and a hard place”, says Steve Gordon,  a well respected authority and renowned nationwide truck accident lawyer.

“He has got to make his route and make his deliveries on time. He’s got to get from point A to point B.”

Steve goes on to say in the video that the company expects the truck driver to do it in a certain amount of time. There are federal regulations that govern how much time a trucker can drive. A long haul trucker has a cab in the back and they’re suppose to after so many hours get off duty and sleep.

More times than you can imagine, the trucker has driven more than he should and that it’s fatigue that has caused his responses to be slow. When that happens there are people who get injured and worse yet killed… ... Read Full Story