Car Accident Cases Attorney in Oklahoma CIty, Oklahoma
What is your approach to handling motor vehicle injury cases?
What is your approach to handling motor vehicle injury cases?
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well it’s like anything you learn a
language I mean if you’re going to go to
France you better know how to speak
French basically if you’re going to do
motor carrier work especially involving
you know trucks and especially
Interstate Trucking you’ve got to know
the language the Federal Motor Carrier
safety regulations you’ve got to know
those inside and out the other thing is
you have to know the requirements that
these trucking companies have they have
to keep logs you wouldn’t believe how
often we find they yeah they got a log
all right and it’s all fake and
sometimes they have two sets of logs you
know these drivers are caught in a rock
and a hard place you’re kidding yourself
if you don’t think their bosses are
putting pressure on them to get that
product from point A to point B fast
now they’ll put out something in writing
you know don’t speed but these trucking
companies know they’re speeding and if
they looked at their logs they can see
their speeding it’s very easy to
calculate how you got from LA to New
York City with produce you know but not
if you’re not looking at the right logs
and they they do this all the time you
have to speak that language you also
have to be able to calculate time and
distance I’ll give you an example it
takes your brain about a second to tell
your foot to hit the brake
if you’re going 60 miles an hour you’re
traveling 90 feet a second you can
calculate how fast you travel in that
one second and that allows you to
recreate the accident we’ve handled
hundreds and hundreds of these kinds of
cases we speak the language we’ve
interviewed hundreds and hundreds of
Highway Patrol Troopers and we know how
to present these to the juries and we
have done as many or more of those cases
in our career between the two of us Mike
and I have about a hundred years of
experience doing so and you know
practice makes perfect
Oklahoma City, OK personal injury attorney Reggie Whitten discusses his approach to handling motor vehicle injury cases. Learning the intricacies of motor carrier work, particularly in the realm of interstate trucking, is akin to mastering a foreign language. Just as one would need to learn French before venturing to France, those involved in motor carrier work must become fluent in the language of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. These regulations must be known inside and out.
Understanding the specific requirements of trucking companies is another crucial aspect of this work. Trucking companies are obligated to maintain detailed logs, yet it’s not uncommon to discover falsified records during investigations. The pressure exerted by employers on truck drivers to expedite product deliveries is a stark reality. Despite the companies’ written policies against speeding, they are often fully aware of the drivers’ violations. The ability to scrutinize the correct logs is essential for calculating the time and distance involved in accidents accurately.
For instance, consider the fact that it takes approximately one second for the human brain to signal the foot to engage the brake. At a speed of 60 miles per hour, a vehicle covers 90 feet in that single second. Such calculations are invaluable in accident reconstruction. With a wealth of experience in handling hundreds of these cases, they have honed their ability to speak the language of the industry.
Their expertise extends to interviewing numerous Highway Patrol Troopers and presenting cases effectively to juries. Combining their decades of experience, they have collectively amassed around a century of practice in this specialized field, where practice has truly made them experts.
