Due to their size and weight, trucks can lead to accidents. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), truck accidents claimed the lives of 4,965 people in 2020, which is alarming. If you are involved in a truck accident, claiming...
It is a common misperception that truck operators are always at fault for the crashes that they’re involved in. Sometimes, truck crashes are caused by truck operators. Other times, they may be caused by negligent motorists, poor road conditions, defective auto parts...
Your chances of survival are far less if you collide with a truck than any other vehicle. Hence, if you have the choice of two routes, one with a lot of trucks and one without, it may be wise to choose the latter. This is not always possible, of course, and even when...
Any time that you get in an accident involving a semi-truck, you know that you’re facing a severe disadvantage when it comes to the odds of injury. In your passenger car, you are certainly more likely to be injured than someone in the semi. The greater the size...
Semitrucks are much larger and heavier than regular passenger vehicles. This makes it fairly dangerous for other drivers to share the road with them. It’s imperative that truckers and other motorists drive as safely as possible so everyone can get to their destination...
When a big commercial truck crashes into a smaller passenger vehicle, the consequences can be extreme. Semi-trucks can leave smaller vehicles unfit to drive and cause severe injuries to their occupants. The bigger vehicle is the one at fault in just over half of...
There's always a danger when driving around 18-wheelers. This danger is mostly due to their size and weight, but the height of the vehicles also has a serious impact. This is especially true in underride accidents. An underride accident happens when the car becomes...
The newest statistical information from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) paints a grim picture regarding the dangers surrounding large trucks, buses and similar vehicles. According to the newly released data, which looks at the differences in...
Large commercial vehicles like semi-trucks help transport large quantities of goods and raw materials efficiently. However, having these big vehicles share the road with smaller passenger cars causes a lot of crashes. Commercial vehicles are at risk for some of the...
Truck drivers travel many more miles per year than the average motorist. Consequently, tire blowouts are more likely to happen to a tractor-trailer compared to a vehicle used significantly less. Truck tire blowouts are very dangerous, but fortunately, they occur less...
