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Accidents Related to Truck Drivers Low Pay

The problem occurs when drivers work a regular schedule and only make a minimum amount of money. This forces drivers to seek other ways to make money,...

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Avoiding Accidents with Commercial Trucks

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) indicates that commercial truck accidents account for 98 percent of traffic fatalities involv...

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Big Rig Accident Causes

Big rig and semi accidents occur quite often on the roads all across the country these days, resulting in serious injuries and sometimes even death. ...

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Brake Failure

Brake failure has been the main cause of thousands of commercial truck accidents across the country and can be tied to poor maintenance of the truck ...

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Bus Accidents

Bus accidents are becoming an increasing problem across the country. The growth of our cities has resulted in increased congestion on our roads and ...

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Damaged Hazardous Roads

Accidents happen almost every minute of the day and 3 percent of those accidents involve commercial trucks. Commercial trucks are responsible for 5,...

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Delivery Truck Accident Claims

Drivers of delivery trucks have a duty of care to drive safely and prevent accidents, despite pressures to deliver packages on time. This legal guide...

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Five Common Trucking Accident Causes

Truck accidents involving passenger vehicles often cause serious injury and death. Federal and state legislation has sought to reduce these incidents...

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Freeway Truck Rollovers

Commercial trucks are some of the most important vehicles on the roads of America today because they ship tons of food, clothes, and other items from...

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Jackknife Accident

Jackknife accidents are most commonly caused by the sudden application of the brakes in a tractor-trailer.  In some cases, though, improperly adjus...

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Jackknife Auto and Truck Accidents

Jackknife accidents can be a deadly occurrence on roads and interstates throughout the United States.  A jackknifing occurs when the trailer of a t...

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National Truck Accident Statistics: Victim Claims and Compensation

Accidents involving commercial trucks occur when large trailers collide with other vehicles or pedestrians.   Over 500,000 truck accidents occur e...

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No Reflectors and Bad Visibility

A major cause of commercial truck accidents on the roads of America is the lack of visibility by truck drivers of other vehicles on the roads. Anothe...

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Overloaded Trucks

Overloaded trucks are one of the major causes of highway accidents on US highways.  Truck drivers operating on U.S. roadways face many hazards and ...

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Poor or Lack of Maintenance

Commercial trucks, also referred to as tractor-trailers, are a common sight on the roads of the country these days. In fact, there has always been a ...

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Rear End and Head On Collisions

Semi rear end and semi head on crash are two of the most common tractor-trailer crashes on the roadways of the country today. These crashes range fr...

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Tire Blow Outs and Damaged Rims

Driving the roads of the country, many motorists look to the side of the road and see the remnants of blown out tires lying in the shoulder. What ma...

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Truck Driver Drug Usage

Drug usage in the United States is one of the top reasons why automobile and truck accidents happen with such frequency.  Millions of Americans use...

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Truck Driver Errors

Truck accidents happen in very high numbers on today's hectic streets. Over 5,000 people die as a result of truck accidents and collisions every yea...

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Truck Driver Fatigue

Truck driver fatigue is defined as the exhausted, sleepy, or tired feeling a driver experiences while operating a commercial motor vehicle.  Truck ...

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Truck Driver Intoxication

Each year over one hundred thousand people are injured in truck related accidents.  These accidents are caused by many different reasons, including...

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Truck Driver Negligence

With trucking accidents on the rise over the last several years, the federal, state and local governments as well as truck manufacturers have recogn...

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Truck Drivers Under the Influence

Driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol, also referred to as drunk driving, is one of the most common offenses in the court systems today.

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Unsafe Lane Changes and Aggressive Driving

Aggressive driving is a common problem on the roads of America these days and commercial trucks are some of the most common perpetrators of this off...

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Unsecured or Excessive Loads

Commercial truck accidents occur quite often on the roads of America for a variety of different reasons. Those reasons can be driver fatigue, inatte...

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