A trucker who hit a Department of Transportation truck in the rear in a truck accident was arrested for drunken driving Tuesday morning, according to reports. The DOT employee was taken to the hospital with personal injuries.
The Department of Transportation was created in 1966 to aid transportation safety in the United States. One of the several safety agencies of the DOT is the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which promulgates rules and regulations for truck drivers and trucking companies.
The truck driver running into a DOT truck after having been drinking is like someone drinking and hitting a police car from behind.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations are very strict in what happens after a truck accident and the ramifications for a trucker taking the wheel while impaired are clear.
The size and weight of tractor trailers make them very dangerous in an accident and drinking and driving by a professional driver is in a word-reckless. In Texas drinking drivers, particularly truck drivers can be subject to pretty harsh penalty especially in serious injury or wrongful death cases.
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