Tractor-trailers play a crucial role in transporting goods across the country. However, increased safety may depend on recognizing the potential hazards involved. Through increased awareness, maintaining a safe distance and obeying traffic laws, motorists can strive...
In an effort to enhance road safety, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently announced a groundbreaking requirement for automatic emergency braking (AEB) on heavy trucks and buses. This new regulation aims to help prevent accidents by...
Georgia drivers are understandably cautious when sharing the road with large trucks. These massive vehicles are traveling at great speed and drivers tend to be slightly more aggressive than those in passenger vehicles. Often, a trucker’s livelihood is based on getting...
Truck accidents on Georgia’s roads are a tragedy. The occupants of the smaller vehicle often suffer serious injuries due to the truck’s large size. You might be aware that truck driver fatigue is a common factor in many truck accidents. Truck drivers must spend long...
Perhaps one of the occupations most susceptible to driver fatigue is long-haul trucking. Truckers spend long hours on the road, oftentimes overnight when traffic is lighter. These factors combine to induce drowsiness. Drowsy driving is a significant danger. A drowsy...
Researchers have noted some frightening statistics involving truck accidents in recent years. In 2018, the number of fatalities in truck accidents reached its highest rate in a decade when more than 4,100 people died in truck-related crashes. The following year, the...
Unlike car accident claims, where the other party is usually an individual, the defendants in a truck accident claim can be multiple. In fact, the chances of a fair recovery of damages may improve with the increase in the number of defendants. This is something that...
Most fatal motor vehicle accidents involve at least two vehicles. In some cases, a driver will make a fatal error without colliding with another vehicle. What about accidents that appear to have no cause? Can an injured person or the survivors of a deceased victim...
Although truck drivers are in general more attentive on the road than automobile drivers, in a traffic accident involving a big rig, the massive size of the vehicle can cause catastrophic damage. While the average passenger car weighs in at about 3,000 to 4,000...
Family members of victims of fatal accidents should be familiar with how certain legal protections work. A wrongful death claim can provide assistance and relief to families suffering financial and emotional damages following the wrongful loss of their loved one. Who...