Your Premier Trucking Expert Witness in Florida
If you are looking for a trucking expert witness in Florida, look no further than the team at Truck Accident & Incident Experts, LLC. They have honed their well-rounded trucking expert opinions over the course of in excess of a collective 100-years of careers in commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety, crashes, Motor Carrier investigations and roadside enforcement inspections. The nationwide team of highly respected Senior Consultants is headed up by Scott L. Turner, Chief Consultant.
The team’s field experience is backed by the highest level of truck and motorcoach crash training available in North America, in addition to HazMat and cargo-tank enforcement certification of which is likewise at the Federal Level. This includes, but is not limited to, CMV Crash Inspections and Investigations, Level 1 FMCSA Inspections, Hazardous Materials Inspections (CMV), Cargo Tank Truck Specialist, HazMat Specialist, and Passenger Vehicle (Motorcoach) Inspection.
OUR TEAM’S EXPERIENCE…
The team at Truck Accident & Incident Experts, LLC is well-known for collectively well over ten decades of experience in responding to and investigating CMV crashes in terms of FMCSA compliance and violations. Several of the team members have also spent years driving 18-wheeler tractor-trailers, providing them with hands-on knowledge of the factors contributing to accidents and their aftermath. They have experience driving low-boys & flatbeds, dry-van trailers, and tankers, as well as in the loading and off-loading of these vehicles.
While Senior Consultants at TAIE have spent careers training other truck enforcement personnel at their former respective enforcement careers, Scott L Turner ensured this to be a hallmark for the majority of TAIE Senior Consultants as he himself has a rich professional experience as truck crash instructor of which includes serving as an instructor for the New Jersey State Police. For 11 years, the team formerly specialized in instructing CMV crash and incident response for trucks, including cargo-tank trucks, as well as being HazMat instructors focused on tractor-trailer crashes. They have trained organizations across multiple disciplines, including the New York City Fire Department, New York City PD Emergency Services Unit, New York/New Jersey Port of Authority, CRHMRO (California), Philadelphia Fire Department, and New Jersey State Police, among many others.
Throughout their careers, the team has collectively responded to and/or investigated thousands of tractor-trailer and CMV crashes, hundreds of cargo-tank truck crashes and/or incidents, thousands of loading dock incidents, load securement failures and driver/Motor Carrier fitness. In addition, investigating and/or auditing Motor Carriers for regulatory compliance.
Truck Accident & Incident Expert Services
The team’s work as truck accident experts in Florida stems from their in-depth understanding of FMCSA regulations, standards of care, report writing, testimonial capabilities, and an innate ability to “teach” a jury crucial aspects of trucking safety and violations if such exist and are contributing factors, likewise if no violations being causative exist. This knowledge plays an important role in litigation and arbitration where CMV crashes are being investigated.
Our team provides many services as a trucking expert witness in Florida including:
- FMCSA/PHMSA Motor Carrier compliance
- Driver qualification files (DQ)
- CMV loading and off-loading investigation
- Load securement
- Distracted/attentive driving CMV crash investigation, analysis and re-creation
- CMV post-crash FMCSA truck and motorcoach inspections
- Cargo-tank truck crashes, spills and explosions
- Cargo-tank loading/offloading incidents (Loading Rack)
- Highway construction zone crashes
- Driver hours-of-service; fatigue driving
- CMV mechanical failure
- Industrial trucks/lift trucks
- Pre-deposition support
- Litigation support
- Trial preparation consulting
- Deposition and courtroom testimony
Knowledge of Standard Setters
Truck Accident & Incident Experts, LLC in Florida need to be able to apply relevant standards to cases that they are engaged in. Our knowledge of multiple “standard setters” allows him to properly assist in a variety of litigations. A number of these standards include:
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
- Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA)
- American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)
- Compressed Gas Association (CGA)
- Institute of Police Technology and Management (IPTM)
- JJ Keller National
- Academy of Sciences; Transportation Research Board (NAS;TRB)
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- National Safety Council (NSC)
- North American Transportation Management Institute (NATMI)
- National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
- National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC)
- Smith-System Driver Improvement Institute
- ATA; Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC)
- University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)
- Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI)