Defective Trailer and Trailer Hitch Lawyer Claims That Minimal or Non-Regulation of Trailer Industry and Trailer Towing Requires Complete Overhaul in Pennsylvania and Many Other States
Seemingly, the trailer industry continues to manufacture products and couplers that are devoid of Federal regulation and regulations of many states including Pennsylvania. I have noticed on my blog repeatedly that for every trailer that is manufactured under a 3,000 pound threshold there are no minimum regulatory safety or manufacturing requirements. In fact, anyone can build one, anyone can drive one and anyone can take one home in ten minutes with very little or no training.
There is a gentleman by the name of Ron Melacon who has been a consumer crusader for many years and I urge you to go to his website at www.dangeroustrailers.org for more information on this pressing issue.
A week before Christmas there was a very high profile accident in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania resulting in death due to a defectively hitched trailer. As one drives down our streets and highways, we often see trailers swaying in a dangerous fashion and yet community, state and Federal governments have done very little to regulate or enforce rules regulating the thousands of trailers that are hitched to vehicles that travel on our roadways on any given day.
Many of these trailers are built in an improper manner creating a situation of extreme danger for otherwise unsuspecting travelers on our roadways. In the past five years, more than 123,000 individuals have sustained injuries as a result of defective trailers and trailer hitches. Additionally, there have been in excess of 342,000 damage related claims as a result of trailers that have been jettisoned or unhitched due to defective coupling devices or as a result of defectively constructed trailers.
The Philadelphia defective trailer and defective product law firm of Reiff & Bily urges the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the other states of this great country to pay more heed to the extraordinarily dangerous trailer and trailer hitch designs and to require additional safety devices and controls to reinforce the attachment of trailers to vehicles.
The defective trailer design lawyers at the Pennsylvania defective trailer and catastrophic injury law firm of Reiff & Bily have extensive experience representing victims injured as a result of defective trailer and defective trailer coupling devices.
If you or a family member has suffered an injury resulting from the defective manufacture or coupling of a trailer to a vehicle, please contact the defective trailer lawyers at Reiff & Bily. Our aggressive legal team of investigators and experts will offer a free consultation and bring the wrongdoers to justice to achieve the best results for you and your family. Please call for a free, confidential consultation at 1-800-421-9595 or online at www.reiffandbily.com for more information.
