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Every year in the United States, there are around 500,000 motor vehicle accidents involving commercial trucks. Due to their massive size and weight, commercial trucks pose a significantly high risk of serious injury to other drivers and their passengers. In fact, when a big rig, tractor-trailer, or other large commercial truck is involved in an …
Being involved in any collision can be a scary experience, but being involved in an accident with a large commercial truck can be even more frightening. However, is important to remember the moments following a serious truck accident are critical. The actions you take – and don’t take – can ensure your safety and protect …
Large truck crashes are dangerous for everyone involved. That may seem obvious, but many people rarely, if ever, think about being involved in a large truck accident. Because large truck drivers have additional training (and are presumably more competent), many drivers disregard the risks posed by large trucks. In January 2020, two large-vehicle chain-collision crashes …
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The United States economy depends on the trucking industry to transport the more than 70 percent of all freight delivered annually with additional truck trade ongoing with Canada and Mexico. In 2013, there were more than 267,000 vehicular accidents in the state of Ohio. Over 19,000 of those accidents involved a large semi-truck. Nationwide, there …
Large trucks and tractor-trailers can weigh as much as 80,000 pounds. They require more acceleration and deceleration than an average passenger vehicle and have multiple blind spots. The American Trucking Association (ATA) recently released some tips for motorists about driving responsibly in the midst of large trucks. • Avoid tailgating – When a car hits the …
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), about 30 percent of all accidents, both truck accidents and car accidents, are caused by driver distraction. The FMCSA also found truckers involved in crashes are distracted about eight percent of the time by external stimuli and two percent of the time by distractions inside the …
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About 15.5 million trucks representing more than a million trucking companies are on the road today, according to the American Trucking Association. The Truck Safety Coalition claims that data on fatal truck crashes in 2010 indicates that deaths have increased to nearly 4,000 compared to 3,380 persons killed in truck crashes in 2009, with another …
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When truck accidents occur and it appears to be the fault of the truck driver, who is financially and legally responsible? Are trucking companies liable or are the drivers of the trucks? Both could be responsible and liability could also be found with: • The person or company that leased the truck or trailer from …
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A serious collision between a car and a truck usually has the same outcome: The truck prevails. A driver of the car is much more likely to be seriously injured in a truck accident than when two cars crash. This is of course is due to the sheer size and weight difference between a truck …
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