Atlanta Injury Lawyers Analyze The Facts of Truck Wrecks - Interstate Motor Carrier or Intrastate Motor Carrier?
Our Atlanta truck wreck lawyers handle automobile accidents involving personal injury and death claims frequently. Many of those accidents involve tractor trailers owned and operated by trucking companies, also known as motor carriers. These trucking companies fall into two categories: (1) interstate carriers and (2) intrastate carriers. Interstate carriers are those that operate and carry cargo across state lines and intrastate carriers operate entirely within the boundaries of a particular state. Those trucking companies that operate across state lines are required to register with the federal government and comply with various federal laws. Intrastate carriers need only comply with state laws although some states have adopted federal regulations as their own. Lawyers who litigate truck wreck cases are familiar with these laws and carefully scrutinize the facts of a case to determine whether there has been compliance by the truck driver and the trucking company. There are very important differences between the federal regulations that apply to interstate carriers and those regulations that apply only to intrastate carriers, none the least is the difference in the amount of liability insurance they are required to carry.
