Truck crashes are extremely costly to both trucking companies and their insurance companies, and large companies will work quickly to resolve everything at the scene of the accident. You should never try to resolve or settle the matter with the trucking company or their claim representative without first consulting with a Florida Accident Attorney familiar…
Federal investigators say there was no electronic recorder on a truck that crossed the median and killed the truck driver and 10 others. A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) spokesman said, “along with lacking a recorder, the manual log kept by the driver was destroyed in the fire caused by the crash.” The manual log…
NATIONAL – There are approximately 5,000 deaths, 100,000 injuries, and 500,000 trucking accidents every year. Trucking accidents are more likely to cause serious injury because trucks are bigger. A commercial tractor-trailer can weigh over 80,000 pounds, while an average passenger car weighs around 3,000 pounds. Thus, tractor trailer accidents often result in serious or fatal…
Fatigued driving is the #1 safety problem in the trucking industry today, and is a factor in nearly 40% of all crashes nationwide. Unfortunately, it is routine practice for many trucking companies to violate the hours of service and related FMCSR safety rules. Greedy, profit-driven motives have made fatigued driving in the trucking industry a…
NATIONWIDE – A new analysis of government data reveals that more than 28,000 motor carrier companies that operate 200,000 trucks have violated federal safety regulations. According to the FMCSA, more than 4,000 people die every year in collisions with trucks and 80,000 more are seriously injured. Also, though trucks make up less than four percent…
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PINELLAS COUNTY — A Pinellas County utilities truck crashed into a Christmas supply store Monday, slightly injuring the driver and putting the one-story building in danger of collapse, authorities said. It happened at 3:26 p.m. at Blind Pass Road and 75th Avenue, when the white truck went through the plate glass window of K. Kringles…
Nationally in 2007, 4,808 people died in large truck crashes. To help reduce crashes and fatalities, Congress directed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to work together to educate motorists on how to share the road safely with commercial motor vehicles (CMVs). The result of this…