Recent Posts in the Truck Accidents Category

• The Truth About Truckers Under the Influence

  

  Dec 15, 2020
  Trucking is a tedious and stressful job. Drivers sit behind the wheel of their tractor-trailer for upwards of 11 hours per shift. If they run into ...
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• Do Truckers Really Cause Most Truck Crashes?

  

  Dec 1, 2020
  Many experienced truck drivers will tell you that 80% of all truck crashes are not caused by truckers, but by four-wheel vehicles or motorcycles. They ...
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• Are Truckers More Likely to Get in a Crash?

  

  Nov 24, 2020
  Large trucks and tractor-trailers make up less than one-tenth of all the vehicles on the road, but are involved in roughly half a million accidents ...
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• Automatic Onboard Recording Devices

  Sep 12, 2017
  An automatic onboard truck recording device can be used by a plaintiff to establish the negligence of a truck driver or trucking company. Before these ...
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• Summary of the FMCSA Trucking Regulations

  May 30, 2017
  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) was established by the Department of Transportation in 2000. Its primary purpose is to prevent ...
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• Common Causes of Trucking Accidents

  

  Oct 14, 2016
  According to AllTrucking.com, truck drivers are expected to travel up to 3,000 miles per week. For this reason, semi-trucks can be seen on the road ...
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• Trucks Will Soon Be Going Slower

  Aug 31, 2016
  California truck drivers may soon face a significant change to the speed that they can travel at due to a proposed regulation issued by the National ...
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• Law Enforcement Agencies Schedule Safe Driver Week

  Aug 10, 2016
  Updated: 10/28/2019 July 14-20, 2019 was set as " Operation Safe Driver Week " all across the nation. Many different law enforcement agencies engaged ...
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