Last Wed going SB on I 75 MM 344 there is a scale in GA upon coming up to it 2 trucks stopped in the middle of the interstate making me lock up my brakes. I was able to keep from hitting truck in front of me, however a daycab flatbed which was MT rammed me at approx 30-35 mph which whippedmy neck and body forward leaving me in severe pain and a bruise onmy left chest where the shoulder belt grabbed.
This accident could have been avoided if the scale master was paying attention and turned the closed sign ON due to the ramp being backed up. Please forward info on a lawyer. I am from Ft. Worth, the company that hit me is from TN and the incident happened in GA.
Thanks for any help.
Need Lawyer for Rear End accident in GA before Scale house.
Discussion in 'Trucker Legal Advice' started by TXGunney, Jun 30, 2013.
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Sent you a PM with a good attorney in GA. Should be able to help or point you in the right direction.
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there is a guy who advertises in ga. if ya have a big truck hit you its ken nugent , one call, that's all is his slogan. and has the company that hit you denied repairing your truck or paying for your medical care? or you looking for pain and suffering?
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I do know a trucker lawyer from MN and hes real good.He does handle cases all over.His last case was in Alabama but don't know if his clients have to be in MN or the surrounding states.If you want his number let me know.Sure it could have been avoided is the DOT turned his close sign on but also if trks move to the shoulder.Without solid proof it may be a tough case to win.I'm not blaming you what so ever but make this a lesson learned to look far ahead at all times and have time to slow down safely then your brks would'nt have locked up How fast was you traveling?
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I was at Dunsmuir, CA scale house exit last week. Same thing, there was a line protuding all the way out onto the interstate. Even though I am not equipped with Prepass for California, after slowing down, there was no way I was going to stop in the middle of the hi-way before the exit. I kept right on going.
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When I read the topic I knew that was the location. They usually don't light up the closed sign until all three lanes are crawling for miles. Sorry to hear of the injury, on the bright side it could have been much worse. Hope the FB driver up in your tail fared as well, regardless of fault.
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a lot of truckers dont give enough distance, i have trucks that are right on my ### all the time or I will see a truck riding the bumper of a car in front of them because they are so impatient, if that car had to brake that truck cant brake as fast.
Another thing that irritates me are the trucks who pass you and then get over within inches in front of you, I pass a truck and give almost a truck distance before I even merge back over. -
Run with vorad radar system. Holy ship a truck comes over to close dam truck will nearly lock up on u
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And that ramp to that scale is about 1/2 mile long, yet for some reason, drivers don't see the sign "WEIGH STATION 1 MILE AHEAD" and can't get in the lane they need to be in till the last second.
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I see that all the time, or the truckers who have to try and pass right before those bypass signals are there, like dude your not saving time, i will see you again in a couple minutes, I love those people who zoom past me and then i see them a hour down the road.
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