New Website Allows Screening of Truck Drivers, Could Prevent Accidents Caused by Incompetent Drivers
Indiana truck accident lawyers often come across trucking companies who are completely in the dark about their employees’ past safety record. For many of these employers, the first time they come across the reality of their drivers’ poor safety history is when he has been involved in an accident, and when a Indiana truck accident lawyer has managed to dig up the several crashes he has been involved in during his past employment.
That could soon change. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has established a website that will contain both accident and inspection records of truck drivers for employers to check.
The website will contain truck drivers’ accident records over the past five years, and inspection records over the past three years. A trucking company can visit the website and check the records. This allows a company to make a safer choice. It also means that truck drivers with a history of causing accidents through negligent driving have little chance of being able to falsify records and get a new job at a new trucking company in another state.
Obviously, this will be a great asset to trucking companies in Indiana. The need for a website like this has been felt for many years now, and the trucking industry and truck accident attorneys in Indiana have strongly supported making such records available to trucking companies. Employees can register at the website, and access the records for a fee of $10 per record. That's all it costs to verify a potential employee’s safety history. The trucking industry has shown great enthusiasm for the project, and hopefully, this will help filter out undesirable drivers, and ensure greater safety for motorists.
