Weather-related semi truck accidents in Florida are often the result of heavy winds, driving rain or flooding. In a few rare cases, there may even be a Florida truck accident due to ice or snow. Weather factors have different effects on how cars and trucks operate, so it is important for truck drivers to be […]
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When a car or small truck runs under the trailer of a semi tractor, it is known as an underride crash. These underride crashes can be some of the most deadly types of accidents involving semi trucks and represent at least 25 percent of all fatal truck collisions. There are several causes for these types
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Semi trucks are often driven straight through the night when a trucker is trying to reach a destination in a limited amount of time. Truck drivers often prefer to drive at night because the highways are relatively deserted and traffic jams are kept to a minimum, particularly around large urban areas. Unfortunately, driving at night
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Recently, attention has been focused on the dangers of distracted driving. While most people immediately think of teenage drivers who are texting and driving, semi truck drivers using their cell phones may be even more dangerous. When semi truck drivers are distracted, they can easily cause a serious or even fatal accident. What Is Distracted
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Truck drivers are governed by federal and state laws regulating how long they can drive without rest breaks. Under federal guidelines, truckers are required to rest a certain number of hours when they are on the road. Failure to observe these rules can result in sleep-deprivation accidents, which can be deadly for both truckers and
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There are many actions on the part of semi truck drivers that can have deadly consequences. For example, speeding, talking on a cell phone or ignoring the need for rest breaks can all lead to tragic results for truck drivers and their innocent victims. However, poor truck maintenance may also play a role in deadly
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When big businesses value profits over safety, the results are often tragic. Everyone knows of stories of big pharmaceutical companies that release dangerous drugs then refuse to take responsibility or companies that ignore the needs of workers to improve their own bottom lines. However, what many people do not realize is that trucking companies can
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A truck accident injury case is more complicated than a standard car accident for several reasons. Victims of trucking accidents are often injured more severely than those in car accidents, and filing an action against a trucker, his or her employer, the owner of the vehicle and cargo and other parties can quickly become complicated.
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Driving safely around large trucks such as semi-tractor-trailers is an important skill, particularly on crowded highways. Unfortunately, most victims of fatal accidents involving large trucks are not the truck drivers but those in passenger vehicles. Dangerous Trucks, Damaging Crashes A large truck is defined as any vehicle whose empty gross vehicle weight is 10,000 pounds
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When you are injured in an accident involving a semi-tractor-trailer truck or “semi,” you will face some unique challenges in trying to collect damages from the truck driver, trucking company or other defendants. Any injury case involving a large truck can become complicated because semi drivers are required to follow different rules than drivers of
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