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Accidents sometimes occur. When they do, accurate reporting of the incident is crucial to defending the <br />driver and the company. Once we have left the scene of a motor vehicle accident, all the details of the <br />accident are left behind. For that reason it is always best to record all the facts on our company motor <br />vehicle accident form. This will help determine fault following an accident. There are a few perspectives <br />from which to look at fault finding. The first of these is from the point of view of law enforcement. The <br />police must ALWAYS be called following an accident with a member of the public with. an insured motor <br />vehicle. The police look at the accident from the point of view of current motor vehicle regulations and <br />the testimony of any witnesses to the accident. Our insurance company always looks at accidents from <br />the point of view of something called "Rules for Determining Preventability of Motor Vehicle Accidents", <br />a publication from the National Safety Council. These two viewpoints can be somewhat different. While <br />you may feel certain that an accident was the fault of another motorist or other factor, the NSC <br />guidelines try to answer a single question — "did the driver do anything and everything possible to avoid <br />the accident from occurring?" If you failed to notice the car behind you failing to slow to a stop behind <br />you and did not beep your horn, this rear ending will be considered a shared responsibility. If you are <br />stopped at a light close behind another vehicle, are rear ended and you in turn hit the vehicle in front of <br />you, you can be found at fault for everything that occurs from the front of your vehicle forward. The NSC <br />I rules state that you should have a large enough space to see the rear tires of the vehicle ahead you <br />when stopped. Also according to the NSC, you should be scanning your mirrors, even while stopped, for <br />vehicles approaching behind your vehicle and have an escape plan to either side to avoid hitting the <br />vehicle in front of you. <br />CDL licensed employees are responsible for adhering to all local, county, state and federal laws applied <br />to commercial motor vehicles in the state of Florida. Johnson — Davis makes every effort to comply with <br />these laws. No CDL driver will be expected to drive any company vehicle that he/she believes is not in <br />compliance with the motor vehicle standards for operability. Medical cards are tied to CDL licensures in <br />the state of Florida, and it is therefore the responsibility of the driver to maintain their medical card in <br />compliance with the law. For Information on driving and the use of portable electronic devices that <br />include cellular phones, please refer to existing company policy. <br />35 <br />