{"id":292,"date":"2015-05-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/illinois-senator-looking-into-truck-safety-after-key-accident\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:09:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:09:33","slug":"illinois-senator-looking-into-truck-safety-after-key-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/illinois-senator-looking-into-truck-safety-after-key-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Senator Looking Into Truck Safety After Key Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/firm-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Firm News<\/a> | May 12, 2015<\/p>\n<p>A federal safety agency tasked with overseeing the commercial trucking industry is now under review. News sources have reported that Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin has called for an examination of how the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is handling proposed measures aimed at identifying key issues regarding commercial truck safety and intervening on behalf of the public.<\/p>\n<p>The impetus for the scrutiny of the federal watchdog can be traced back to a tragic January 2014 crash that involved a fatigued truck driver. That accident occurred near Aurora, Illinois, along Interstate 88 and claimed the lives of a state trooper and an Illinois Tollway worker. Reports say that emergency vehicles had stopped for a disabled truck along Interstate 88 when the fatigued driver smashed in to those stopped vehicles. A news agency investigation discovered that although the FMCSA initially ordered an investigation into that accident, the agency failed to follow through with their inquiry.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/illinois-senator-looking-into-truck-safety-after-key-accident\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Illinois Senator Looking Into Truck Safety After Key Accident\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firm News | May 12, 2015 A federal safety agency tasked with overseeing the commercial trucking industry is now under review. News sources have reported that Illinois Sen. 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