Jim and Carrie Carroll at Carroll and Carroll, P.C. represent the injured people of Pennsylvania and New York in Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga, Susquehanna, and Chemung counties in personal injury, premises liability, slip and fall, automobile accident and workers’ compensation cases Jim and Carrie Carroll at Carroll and Carroll, P.C. represent the injured people of Pennsylvania and New York in Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga, Susquehanna, and Chemung counties in personal injury, premises liability, slip and fall, automobile accident and workers’ compensation cases
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    7/3/2008
    James R. Carroll, Jr., Esquire
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    Tech devices leave trail of evidence in trucking litigation

    Trucking companies are using a variety of hi-tech devices that are changing the face of trucking litigation.

    On-board computers, electronic logging, GPS systems and satellite and wireless tracking can provide a wealth of information about an accident and the history of the driver and vehicle.

    "Everything that touches a truck these days frankly is electronic," said Morgan Adams, chair-elect of the trucking litigation section of the American Association for Justice.

    He noted that on-board recorders can track over 175 characteristics, such as vehicle speed, hard-braking incidents and vehicle maintenance.

    This information is a "boon" to plaintiffs' attorneys, who are using it to bring claims against trucking companies for negligent supervision and negligent maintenance as well as spoliation of evidence, said defense attorney Kenneth Abbarno of Reminger & Reminger in Cleveland.

    Truckloads of data

    The main source of information is the "black box," also known as an electronic control module or electronic data recorder, which records events like hard-braking, cruise control settings, when the truck traveled at various speeds and sudden decelerations.

    Newer electronic on-board recorders, known as EOBRs, monitor the speed of a truck as well as the number of driving hours, and can indicate every time a driver goes over the allowed number of hours or drives over the speed limit.

    Some carriers have replaced hand-written logbooks with GPS satellite and wireless devices that track a driver's schedule and route and beam the information back to the company.

    Other devices are now being introduced that use video cams and radar to track and warn of potential hazards, including blind spots or when a driver is drifting out of a lane. The data is then uploaded to the company computer in real time.

    The combined data can help reconstruct an accident.

    To see the full article, go here.
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