An accident involving a big truck, semi-truck or tractor trailer can be more serious and more complicated than an accident with other types of vehicles. These accidents often result in more serious injuries as well as significant property damage. A big truck accident will be the result of many different…
What are Black Boxes? Black boxes are also known as event data recorders or electronic control modules. Most commercial trucks have black boxes. These black boxes record all of a driver’s actions. This information can be critical to a personal injury case. If you have been hurt in a truck…
For years, the American Trucking Association (ATA) has been sounding an alarm: the trucking industry is desperately short on qualified drivers. If the labor force isn’t strong enough to support that transportation network, it could have a devastating impact on our economy. However, there’s another way that the shortage could…
Commercial Truck Accidents Becoming More Common Every year, thousands of people are injured each year due to a commercial driver. There were over 4,213 fatal commercial truck accident accidents in 2016. Fatal commercial truck accidents have risen by 28 percent over the past seven years. Because the number of fatal…
You do your best to keep a safe distance from trucks when on the road. You also keep your vehicle visible to truck drivers you may be near as a safety precaution. This is not always enough to avoid an accident. Truck drivers who are inattentive, careless, or reckless are…
Truck accidents can cause devastating damage and can be catastrophic to the victims in several ways. The trauma inflicted by the truck accident may take the victim years to recover from. The changes to the victims life may also extend to their family through the loss of income, quality of…
Who is to blame for a commercial truck crash? Sometimes that is not easy to determine. When a truck is involved in a motor vehicle crash, a truck accidents lawyer can help you determine who is at fault for your injuries. This is a vital piece of information because insurance…
Rear-end collisions are extremely common in Texas and the rest of the country. They typically occur when a vehicle is stopped for a red light or stop sign or due to heavy stop and go traffic and is struck from behind by another vehicle. Such an accident can be serious…
If you’ve recently been in an accident with a truck, then it helps to contact a truck accident attorney in order to get some information about how to maximize potential payouts you can get from a lawsuit if you sue an 18-wheeler company or driver for negligence. Blindspot Overview One…
Many people are ordering products from Amazon. That is why there are more Amazon delivery trucks on the road than ever before. Deliveries are more urgent than they were in the past because people are choosing same-day delivery, next-day delivery and Prime delivery. Because there are more trucks on the…
