08/22/2024
Giddens Law Firm is currently in litigation with a significant trucking outfit with over 600 power units that operate throughout Mexico and the United States. Recently, two of its Mexican-speaking drivers were traveling the highways of Mississippi when one driver decided to pull over. This is not only against his training but also against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and the Mississippi Commercial Driver’s Manual requirements. The truck driver’s training should have told him never to pull over on the shoulder unless it was an emergency.
Federal Motor Vehicle Carrier Safety Regulations prohibit this action for good reason. The driver never put his triangles out, and when he got back on the road, he pulled right in front of the vehicle of a client of Giddens Law Firm. To add insult to injury, neither of the drivers could communicate in English to assist the investigating highway patrol, which violates the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Regulations.
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