Reducing Truckers’ Drive Time, Shift Hours Can Protect Them and Others
Requiring more rest for truckers has worked to decrease the number of accidents caused by drowsy truckers. Nationwide statistics cited by the Wall Street Journal indicate that deaths in highway crashes involving large trucks dropped by more than 2,000 from 2007 to 2009.
July 8, 2011
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Thousands of GM Pickup Trucks Recalled
he 2011 Chevrolet Colorado and GM Canyon trucks may have a faulty transmission clip.
July 4, 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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Tour Bus Rear-Ends Flatbed Truck on I-80 in Pennsylvania
It’s one of at least a dozen serious crashes involving tour buses since February of this year.
June 27, 2011
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Safety Feature on Trucks is Inadequate, Report Concludes
By John Cooper, Truck Accident Injury Attorney They are supposed to be safety features to help safeguard drivers who are involved in accidents with tractor trailers. But new crash tests and analysis by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety demonstrate that underride guards on tractor-trailers can fail in relatively low-speed crashes with deadly consequences. Now [...]
March 28, 2011
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Wrongful Death in Semi Crash Results in $5M Settlement
The truck driver was cited by police for disobeying a signal at a four-way intersection with stop signs at each corner. He may also have been speeding before the wreck.
March 3, 2011
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Five Killed, 10 Injured When Tractor-Trailer Slams Into Stopped Cars in NC
Semis and 18-wheelers take much longer to stop than smaller vehicles, so it is important that the people behind the wheel of large commercial trucks remain alert and responsive to changes in road conditions and traffic flow that can lead to accidents in which people get killed or hospitalized.
February 23, 2011
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Fatal Triple Tractor-Trailer Wreck Kills One, Injures Others
By John Cooper, Truck Accident Injury Attorney We’ve all seen chain reaction crashes on the interstate and they usually start when one person loses control and others are unable to stop in time. This time it wasn’t cars that stacked up like toys, it was tractor-trailers. The tragic and terrible accident has left one person dead and [...]
January 31, 2011
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Head-On Collision By Big Rig Kills Two
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney It’s terrifying to think that you could be obeying the speed limit, driving defensively, and still be the victim of a deadly accident. This is exactly what happened in a deadly wreck near Roanoke, Virginia (VA), find out more. About the Editors: Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton is a law firm [...]
January 20, 2011
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Fatal Tractor-Trailer Accident Kills One Injures Two
By Rick Shapiro, Personal Injury Attorney Virginia (VA) has many long stretches of road where a tired tractor-trailer driver may pull over and rest. This was the case in Indiana (IN) when a semi driver was killed when his truck rear-ended another semi that had been parked on the shoulder. The driver who caused the wreck [...]
January 17, 2011
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