What “Driver Fatigue” Means
Driver fatigue is impairment from insufficient rest — and at highway speeds it rivals intoxication: staying awake 18 hours produces impairment comparable to a 0.05 blood alcohol level. Federal hours-of-service rules cap commercial drivers’ time precisely because fatigue kills, limiting driving windows and mandating breaks and rest periods.
Why It Matters in Your Texas Case
In trucking cases, fatigue is provable from the carrier’s own records: electronic logging device (ELD) data showing hours driven, dispatch records showing impossible schedules, fuel and toll receipts contradicting logbooks, and delivery windows that required violations. McKay Law’s preservation demands freeze these records the day we’re hired, and our FMCSA fluency turns hours violations into liability — against the driver who pushed through and the carrier whose scheduling made pushing through inevitable.
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