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CDL New Law Could Impact Truck Accident Cases in 2025
Bojat Law ^ | September 27, 2025 | Sasha Bojat

Posted on 09/28/2025 4:04:19 AM PDT by xxqqzz

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Blog of a personal injury firm. Truck accidents are good for personal injury lawyers, as trucks have high limits of liability and can cause serious injuries. It mentions that the driver not being qualified or legally in the US can help the plaintiff's case.

Article mentions several accidents involving illegal alien truck drivers. This includes a June 2025 accident involving a Hispanic semi driver in Texas who fell asleep at the wheel, and killed 5 people. Trucking company managers were also indicted for falsifying his records.

Hopefully, these new regulations will reduce the problems of illegal alien drivers who didn't really pass the commercial drivers exam.

1 posted on 09/28/2025 4:04:19 AM PDT by xxqqzz
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In my former life I investigated a lot of crashes involving trucks.

The vast majority were the smaller vehicles fault.


2 posted on 09/28/2025 4:16:04 AM PDT by riverrunner
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How about printing the application forms and written test only in English. That alone would solve much of the problem


3 posted on 09/28/2025 4:35:02 AM PDT by Cowman
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I think the commercial drivers license test is in English, but they pay off people at the DMV to give them licenses without taking the exam.


4 posted on 09/28/2025 4:42:14 AM PDT by xxqqzz
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I think the commercial drivers license test is in English, but they pay off people at the DMV to give them licenses without taking the exam.


5 posted on 09/28/2025 4:42:18 AM PDT by xxqqzz
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>> Truck accidents are good for personal injury lawyers

... and if you doubt that, the shyster billboards that line the highways in major burgs (e.g. Houston) are a constant reminder...

“Pusch and Nguyen! We PUSH, you WIN!”

gag me


6 posted on 09/28/2025 4:45:41 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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This situation should be delcared a national emergency and those licenses immediately revoked...like, right now! Those caught driving with em should be immediately arrested and deported. Those morons issuing such licenses need to be held accountable in a very serious way.


7 posted on 09/28/2025 4:45:55 AM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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The latest loss of life and injury, from Michigan...

LIVES DESTROYED Three members of TLC-famed Putman family killed & 5 rushed to hospital after โ€˜truck runs a stop sign & crashes into carโ€™

Happened Friday night. Driver of the truck still not ID'd

8 posted on 09/28/2025 4:48:31 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)
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Local reportage on the MI accident, reports the driver of the semi is a 55 YO Florida man and that there was a female passenger with him...

3 Cass City residents killed, 5 hurt after semi runs stop sign in Tuscola County

Something to note about the above report: It was written by the rag's assistant editor. Does he normally help out with MVA reporting, or was there a different reason for why he was tasked with the write-up of this accident?

9 posted on 09/28/2025 4:57:38 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)
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To: Nervous Tick

I don’t understand how they get insurance breaking all those rules. It should be bad for the defense that everything was illegal. Don’t trucks have to have close to $1 million limits of liability? They could also go after the trucking company’s assets.


10 posted on 09/28/2025 4:57:46 AM PDT by xxqqzz
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I don’t understand how they get insurance breaking all those rules. It should be bad for the defense that everything was illegal. Don’t trucks have to have close to $1 million limits of liability? They could also go after the trucking company’s assets.


11 posted on 09/28/2025 4:57:52 AM PDT by xxqqzz
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To: Cowman

Great idea!


12 posted on 09/28/2025 5:24:16 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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Apparently aliens with illegally issued CDLs are working hard to upend that statistic.


13 posted on 09/28/2025 5:30:05 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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A bit more info here, including a reason given given for why the driver has yet to be ID'd.

Riiiiight...

Three Putman family members killed in crash with semi-truck

14 posted on 09/28/2025 5:43:33 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)
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Or they pay a ringer to take the written test for them.


15 posted on 09/28/2025 6:55:02 AM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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Or they pay a ringer to take the written test for them.

They'd be much better off just taking a crash course.

16 posted on 09/28/2025 6:56:26 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.โ€)
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I think it’s USC 8 Section 1234, which provides that if an illegal alien kills someone, the person who hired him is subject to life in prison.


17 posted on 09/28/2025 7:03:54 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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I think it’s USC 8 Section 1234, which provides that if an illegal alien kills someone, the person who hired him is subject to life in prison.


18 posted on 09/28/2025 7:03:56 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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That family is sort of well-known from reality TV. The article claims the truck driver was a “Florida native” and he has not been identified because not yet arraigned.


19 posted on 09/28/2025 7:14:12 AM PDT by xxqqzz
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No doubt there was some bribery going on, but I also believe foreigners have gotten themselves employed in key bureaucratic roles where they can “help” each other.


20 posted on 09/28/2025 7:17:37 AM PDT by Mathews (I have faith Malachi is right!!! Any day now...)
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