Truck Driver Safety Expert

V. Paul Herbert has over 35 years of experience as a big rig truck driver, in law enforcement, and as a trucking safety expert.

His company, the Western Motor Carrier Safety Institute, Inc., is based in Quincy, California and provides trucking safety services in California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington. Services include:

• Truck driver safety training
• Safety and compliance consulting
• Commercial vehicle accident reconstruction
• Expert witness testimony

This page includes photographs of Paul Herbert taking measurements and reviewing accidents, and conducting truck driver safety training.

Truck driver safety expert V. Paul Herbert -
Measuring a driver's eye height on a Peterbilt

"This photograph depicts the measurement of the driver’s eye height from the ground during an inspection of a big rig while conducting a visibility study."

 
Measuring underride guard on back of semi-trailer

"The measurement of an older under-ride guard at the rear of an older Trailmobile semi-trailer. This was an inspection in a matter involving a big rig crashing into the rear of another big rig resulting in serious disabling injury to the striking truck driver."

 
Truck driver training

"Conducting winter truck driving safety training utilizing a model tractor-trailer big rig for one of my client trucking companies. I have been regularly training their drivers and have been their safety and compliance consultant since 1990."

Loading dock inspection

"The interaction between a typical truck and typical loading dock which is equipped with a dock leveler."

Bent release handle

"A bent release handle on a sliding tandem axle assembly on an ocean-going shipping container chassis. The truck driver attempting to utilize this bent handle got his hand pinched between the handle and sub-frame of the trailer chassis resulting in serious and disabling injury."

"Tractors-Semis over 32 feet kingpin to rear axle not advised"

"A warning sign advising longer tractor-trailer combinations from utilizing that section of narrow and winding roadway. In this instance the driver did not heed the warning resulting in his trailer cheating across the double-yellow line and hitting a motor cyclist traveling the opposite direction."

Measuring the height of the grill on a Peterbilt

"The measurement of the height of the front grill on a Peterbilt conventional model big rig truck tractor."

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