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Trucking Law to read it back to you to make sure they put down what you said happened. A word of caution: They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Nothing can replace a photo of the accident scene to show how it was at the time of the accident. That photo shows the weather, daylight, road conditions, damage to vehicles and roads and people, really just about everything at the scene. My advice is not to take photos of dead bodies, bleeding or injured people. Those types of photos never end up helping you because their emotional impact is greater than their factual impact. You can say Joe is dead (fact), but if you show me a photo of Joe's bloody mangled body it has a much greater impact (emotion). This is why plaintiff attorneys use blown up photos of injured people to the jury, they want the emotional impact the facts alone will not provoke. You should also, from one single spot, take a photo pointing North, North East, East, South East, South, until you have completed the circle which will show everything you can see from where you are standing. This type of photo allows you to take in the hills and valleys, intersections, stop signs, stop lights, warning lights, etc... Just about everyone has a smartphone now that can take photos as wells as make videos. This means that a smartphone may be making a video of you. Make yourself aware of the possible videos and act accordingly. That means for legal reasons you should not say "I'm sorry" or "It was my fault", and do not speak to any news organization that shows up at the scene. TICKETS NO MEMBERSHIP FEES MOVING AND NON-MOVING NO MONTHLY DUES 800-333-DRIVE INTERSTATE TRUCKER LTD.© www.interstatetrucker.com Follow us on 10 trucking law 0813.indd 2 www.studentdriverplacement.com August '13 7/19/13 10:00 AM