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Editorial policy
A useful guide shows where an answer comes from and makes the next step clear.
One guide, one reader question
Perimeter Log writes for people dealing with the practical questions after a Georgia truck crash. Each guide starts with one task: find a report, identify records to preserve, read a driving rule or understand a claim deadline. We separate that task from questions that need a review of an individual case.
The brand is the author and publisher. We do not attach invented names or professional credentials to the work. A guide does not carry a claim of lawyer or expert review. Its support comes from the sources linked beside the relevant statements.
Go to the authority that owns the rule
For Georgia law, we start with the Georgia Code, enacted bills and court decisions. For federal trucking duties, we use the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the text of 49 CFR on eCFR. We distinguish a rule’s effective date from the date a page was published.
Local reporting instructions come from the police department or the Georgia Department of Public Safety. Road descriptions and traffic rules use the Georgia Department of Transportation and DPS. If a guide needs national vehicle safety information, we use NHTSA. Court procedure comes from the court responsible for it.
We place source links within the text where they help a reader check a fact or take action. A secondary explanation can help locate an issue, but we do not treat a law firm’s older blog post as the final word on a current statute.
Keep similar rules separate
A minimum record retention period is different from a duty to preserve evidence for litigation. A police report is different from a court finding. An insurance minimum is different from the amount available in a particular claim. The writing must keep these distinctions clear.
Examples explain a calculation or a request. They are identified as examples and are not presented as real cases or predictions. We leave out unsupported crash counts, recovery claims and claims about a particular firm’s results.
Changes and corrections
When a law, agency process or source changes, we check the affected guide and revise the relevant text. Substantive changes also receive a revised modification date in the page data. A material correction receives a clear explanation in the guide; a spelling fix does not need a separate notice.
Send a concern through our corrections process, with the page URL, the passage and a supporting source if available. To ask about an accident rather than a guide, use the home page’s free case review.