Your Premier Trucking Expert Witness in New Jersey
Looking for a trucking expert witness in New Jersey? Along with the team at Truck Accident & Incident Experts LLC, Scott L. Turner’s over 30 years of experience in commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes makes him uniquely qualified to provide support with your specific case. Turner spent 17 years as the CEO of a nationwide CMV crash recovery team, providing major disaster response and recovery in accidents with and without hazardous material involvement. In addition to his hands-on work, Turner has received the highest levels of truck and motorcoach crash training. This includes CMV Crash Inspections and Investigations, Cargo Tank Truck Specialist, Hazardous Materials Inspections (CMV), Passenger Vehicle (Motorcoach) Inspection, HazMat Specialist, and Level 1 FMCA Inspections. These qualifications qualify Turner to assist as a trucking expert in Florida for several types of situations.
OUR TEAM’S EXPERIENCE…
The Truck Accident & Incident Experts, LLC (TAIE) team offers highly qualified and well-rounded expert opinions supported by over 30 years of experience in the specialized field of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes and incidents. Our professional opinions are backed by extensive training in CMV crash inspections and investigations, FMCSA regulations, and hazardous materials inspections.
Our team’s extensive professional experience includes responding to and investigating over 1,000 tractor-trailer and CMV crashes. We have also investigated and/or responded to more than 200 cargo-tank truck crashes and a variety of loading rack incidents, including fires, explosions, and injuries. This experience extends to a multitude of industrial incidents, including railroad, airline, and maritime disasters.
The team’s background includes practical experience as 18-wheeler tractor-trailer drivers, providing a deep understanding of driving and loading factors that contribute to accidents on the road. As former operators of low-boys (flat beds), dry-van trailers, and tankers, the TAIE team is knowledgeable in both driving and loading procedures.
The collective expertise is further supplemented by team members who have served as instructors for organizations such as the New Jersey State Police, training them on CMV crash, hazardous materials, and cargo-tank truck responses.
Truck Accident & Incident Experts Services
TAIE’s in-depth understanding of FMCSA regulations, industry standards of care, providing detailed reports for cases, delivering testimony, and teaching a jury give them the ability to provide expert trucking opinions. This understanding can be an important facet of any litigation or arbitration involving CMV crashes or other damaging incidents.
As a truck accident expert witness in NJ, Turner’s services include:
- Cargo-tank truck crashes, spills, and explosions
- Cargo-tank loading/offloading incidents (Loading Rack)
- CMV crash investigation, analysis, and re-creation
- CMV loading and off-loading investigation
- CMV post-crash FMCSA truck and motorcoach inspections
- Deposition and courtroom testimony
- Distracted driving
- Driver hours-of-service; fatigue driving
- FMCSA/PHMSA Driver and Management Training
- Highway construction zone crashes
- Industrial trucks/lift trucks
- Litigation support
- Pre-deposition support
- Trial preparation consulting
Knowledge of Standard Setters
Much of TAIE’s success as a truck expert in New Jersey can be attributed to his knowledge of multiple relevant standards and their influence on the cases he is engaged in. Some of these relevant “standard setters” include:
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
- Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA)
- Compressed Gas Association (CGA)
- Institute of Police Technology and Management (IPTM)
- National Academy of Sciences; Transportation Research Board (NAS;TRB)
- 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 Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC)
- American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)
- Smith-System Driver Improvement Institute
- National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
- ATA; Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC)
- National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
- JJ Keller
- University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI)
- Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI)