Truck Accident

A wreck involving a heavy truck on I-40, I-440, or I-540 is still a North Carolina crash case, with contributory negligence, a three-year injury window, and a Wake County filing at 316 Fayetteville St. Mall if the crash was in this county. It may also be a federal-motor-carrier file. For-hire carriage moving nonhazardous property in interstate or foreign commerce, in a vehicle whose gross vehicle weight rating is 10,001 pounds or more, is subject to a federal financial-responsibility floor of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars under 49 CFR 387.9.

Federal driving-time caps in 49 CFR 395.3 may also belong in the same file. Those federal rules add duties and documents. They do not turn North Carolina into a comparative-fault state. The truck guide on this site explains the table, the hours rules, and what to write down at the scene, including the company name and any USDOT number on the door.