Tractor Trailer Law

A Georgia Trucking Case Requires a Georgia Trucking Lawyer

The trucking accident attorneys at Pope & Howard, P.C. in Atlanta, Georgia, know the complex regulations that apply to cases involving interstate trucking and tractor trailers. These regulations include:

• Size and Weight, Route Designations — Length, Width and Weight Limitations
• Procedures for transportation workplace drug and alcohol testing programs
• Compliance with interstate motor carrier noise emission standards
• Commercial motor carrier safety assistance program
• Compatibility of State laws and regulations affecting interstate motor carrier operations
• Motor Carrier Routing Regulations
• Fees for Motor Carrier Registration and Insurance
• Rules governing applications for operating authority
• Designation of process agent
• Standards for registration with states
• Application for a certificate of registration to operate in municipalities in the United States on the United States-Mexico international border or within the commercial zones of such municipalities
• Reports of motor carriers
• Principles and practices for the investigation and voluntary disposition of loss and damage claims and processing salvage
• Brokers of property
• Exemptions, commercial zones, and terminal areas
• Receipts and bills
• Passenger Carrier Regulations
• Transportation of household goods in interstate commerce; consumer protection regulations
• Lease and interchange of vehicles
• Payment of transportation charges
• Procedures governing the processing, investigation, and disposition of over-charge, duplicate payment, or over collection claims
• Preservation of records
• Special training requirements
• Waivers, exemptions, and pilot programs
• Controlled substances and alcohol use and testing
• Commercial driver’s license standards; requirements and penalties
• State compliance with commercial driver’s license program
• Safety fitness procedures
• Rules of practice for motor carrier, broker, freight forwarder, and hazardous materials proceedings
• Minimum levels of financial responsibility for motor carriers
• Cooperative Agreements with States
• Rulemaking procedures—federal motor carrier safety regulations
• General
• Qualifications of drivers and longer combination vehicle (LCV) driver instructors
• Driving of commercial motor vehicles
• Parts and accessories necessary for safe operation
• Hours of service of drivers
• Inspection, repair, and maintenance
• Transportation of hazardous materials; driving and parking rules
• Transportation of migrant workers
• Employee safety and health standards
• Vehicle Identification Number Requirements
• Motor Carrier Vehicle Safety Standards