While shipping your vehicle may seem straightforward, there are many ways your vehicle shipping can go wrong. We've heard of all kinds, from poor customer services, and frauds to companies that hold your vehicle until you pay extra. Unfortunately, consumers are not always well protected in the auto transport industry. Here [...]
5 Things to Know About Shipping a Car Shipping a car as part of a long-distance move could be expensive, but also a good investment. People who cannot drive their own vehicles to their new homes, or who have too many vehicles to do so reasonably, can have their vehicles shipped [...]
Today’s technological advances have made shipping for consumers so easy and efficient, now waiting for our online orders to be delivered has made us love the mailman that much more. What in past took took over a week, is now being delivered in two days - and even the same day. [...]
Accidents involving commercial trucks and drivers are different than accidents involving regular drivers. It is important for commercial drivers to understand these differences and how various laws may affect them in a personal injury lawsuit. Combined State and Federal Laws One of the biggest differences in truck accidents is the number [...]
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has announced new training updates for truck drivers to go into effect in 2016. The FMCSA formed an advisory committee in late 2014 to examine minimal training requirements and determine the duration of classroom sessions and behind-the-wheel [...]
According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), eighty percent of all motor vehicle accidents are due to distracted driving. Approximately 6,000 accidents each year are the result of driver inattention—and cell phones are the chief culprit. Typically cell phone laws are passed at the state level, but Tempe, [...]
Hours of service regulations for drivers of large, heavy trucks were created to keep fatigued drivers off the road in order to prevent accidents, as the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) writes in its Interstate Truck Driver’s Guide to Hours of Service. For example, as the FMCSA states on its [...]
Although there is no law requiring used car dealers to stop selling recalled vehicles, AutoNation has announced that none of its 293 franchises across the United States will sell any vehicle that has an open safety recall, as Ashlee Kieler reports for Consumerist. Kieler goes on to quote a statement made [...]
As no long-term transportation bill has been approved by the House, Congress will need to take some action before the three-month extension to fund highway maintenance and construction ends at the end of October, writes Dave Zweifel for The Cap Times. Either that, he adds, or the highway fund will have [...]
