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As a trucking accident trial attorney based in Atlanta, Georgia I've often seen
that
major crashes are often caused by improper loading
of large trucks.
Improper weight distributions can
cause the driver to lose control and for the trucks roll over.
Improper securing of a load
can result in a load shifting
with the same result.
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Interstate trucking
drivers are required to inspect their load before they start out and at various points
along the way.
but if it is a sealed load, the driver can't look inside
and that can result in some pretty serious
consequences for the driver as well as for anyone else who's around.
Failure to secure a load on a flat bed truck
can produce dramatically devastating accidents. We had one where a
forklift
was chained to a flatbed truck in north Georgia
and
it came loose
on a
curve on a mountain road.
The forklift landed on another car
flattening it like a pancake.
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Loading issues can also the of be involved in a variety of special purpose types of trucks.
Concrete trucks have a high shifting center of gravity
and they require special driver training. Dump trucks have
problems with the loose material in them them coming out or shifting.
They also have problems
from the loading process where they go over the rough grounds in quarries causing a lot of damage
to tires, breaks, suspension, and so forth.
Log Trucks
that we see all over rural Georgia,
have problems with the securing of logs,
that will sometimes project out too far out
the back
causing problems for the vehicles following them particularly if they're
%uh of flashing lights they are supposed to have are not working right
--
and sometimes we see cases where
logs come loose and land on whoever's nearby.
Container freight brought in by ship
from other countries to out ports
in Georgia, usually the port of Savannah,
also have a special challenges with regard to load distribution and securement.
If you have a case where a load shift or a load coming loose
has led to a catastrophic accident in Georgia
we hope you give us a call and see if we can help you out.