Responding to Tractor-Trailer Crash, Deputy Injured in Head-On Collision
The sheriff’s deputy and the driver of another car wound up hospitalized with serious but not lfe-threatening injuries on December 7, 2011.
December 10, 2011
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Accidents Due to Truck Driver Fatigue Prompt New Rules
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed reducing the allowable driving time for interstate truckers from 11 hours in each 14-hour shift to 10 hours.
August 31, 2011
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Roadside Tractor-Trailer, Bus Safety Inspections Save Lives
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration data show that the rate of fatal crashes per 100 million miles traveled by large trucks and buses have fallen consistently from 3.82 in 2008 to 1.17 in 2010.
August 31, 2011
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Injured in a Virginia Truck Accident? New Regulations May Be Needed
A tractor-trailer driver hit another big rig and a box truck that had slowed to go around an earlier crash on I-95 in Woodbridge, VA.
July 29, 2011
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Truck Drivers Must Perform Pretrip Safety Inspections, a Virginia Truck Accident Attorney Explains
Failing to identify and fix broken or malfunctioning parts on vehicles ranging from tractor-trailers and oil tankers to tour buses puts truckers and everyone else on the road at risk for injuries and death.
July 29, 2011
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Trucking Company Investigated Over Crash That Killed Three in North Carolina, NC
By Kevin Duffan, Trucking Accident Injury Attorney A fatal pile-up on Interstate 40 near Chapel Hill, North Carolina (NC), may shed new light on some of the worst practices in the trucking industry. In the latest twist, federal regulators are investigating the trucking company whose driver is facing a number of charges over the June [...]
July 21, 2011
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Top Ten Safe Summer Driving Tips From Commercial Truck Drivers
Maintaining a constant speed can reduce fuel costs by 30 percent and give you more time to react to changing road conditions and mistakes by other motorists.
July 1, 2011
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Tractor-Trailer Driver Awarded $23M for Brain Injuries Suffered in Rear-End Collision
The attorneys who represented the injured trucker shepherded the case through two trials over several years and also presented strong evidence from medical, psychological and traffic experts that defense attorneys were unable to refute or discredit.
April 18, 2011
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Big Rig Hits Pickup Truck, Jackknives, Causes Injuries
One person was transferred to the University of Virginia Hospital with injuries.
April 12, 2011
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Virginia (VA) Work Zone Accident Caused by Tractor-Trailer
By Rick Shapiro, Virginia Trucking Injury Attorney Roadside workers must wince every time a semi barrels past them and wonder whether the speeding vehicle will crash into them. Many Virginia (Va) work zone accidents are avoidable, as long as workers, motorists, and contracting companies take the necessary precautions. Motorists should pay more attention and slow [...]
March 11, 2011
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