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truck accidents
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are different because
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all tractor trailers have
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devices that record information the
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black box so to speak although all
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modern cars now also have the black
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boxes
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but the black box in a trucking case
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contains so much information that is
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helpful to you it can give you
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such things as the speed and the rates
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of acceleration the rates of
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deceleration
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when the the truck was started and
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stopped in
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that sort of thing and there are a lot
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of regulations that apply
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to operating trucks that don’t apply to
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operating
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motor vehicles and often in a trucking
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case you may find that the operator
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was violating one or more federal
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regulations
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which contributed to the cause of the
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crash
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where when you have an automobile you
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know we have
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laws we have to follow speed limits stop
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signs
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driving safely but we don’t have the
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regulations that control
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exactly how we operate our vehicles how
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long we can drive
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when we have to stop and check our
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brakes that sort of thing
Denver, CO personal injury lawyer George McLaughlin explains how truck accident cases are different from other motor vehicle accident cases.