Federal regulations require all drivers of large trucks to maintain a written or electronic record of each trip made while in service. This log is called the Hours-of-Service (HOS) log. It therefore follows that, in a semi truck accident lawsuit, the driver’s log from the truck involved is a valuable piece of evidence. If you are injured in a truck accident, your truck accident attorney will carefully examine the driver’s HOS log for evidence of negligence from which your injury resulted.
For example, if the driver of the truck in your case has exceeded the number of hours on the road federal and state regulations allow drivers to perform per day, the log will indicate this. Your attorney will also uncover attempts to falsify the log or to otherwise hide evidence of negligence. This, too, will boost your chances of recovering damages.
As the victim of a truck accident resulting from negligence, you are entitled to compensation for injuries received, and a semi-truck accident lawsuit is the only reliable way to gain this compensation. If you have been injured in a truck accident, you should retain the services of a truck accident attorney as soon as possible.
