Posted On: April 26, 2008 by John Watts & M. Stan Herring

Truck Drivers Who Fall Asleep - New Testing Proposed

We have handled a number of trucking cases and many involve truckers who seem to suffer from a dangerous condition called sleep apnea. When you combine falling asleep with a huge semi truck this can and has proved deadly in many truck wrecks which have devastated the lives of people in Alabama and across the country.

We were pleased to see a blog post from Ken Shigley about a proposal to test at risk truckers for sleep apnea. Hopefully this will help detect problems and allow truckers and their employers to safeguard not only the truckers but the innocent drivers of cars who share the roads with truckers.

If you have any questions about a truck wreck or automobile accident, please feel free to contact us.