It may be easy to get distracted by data involving truck accidents. The increasing number of collisions involving big rigs, the shocking number of fatalities and the financial toll are statistics that may cloud the real issue. When trucks crash, people often die....
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Month: September 2016
What drives a highway killer | The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery
The actions of a serial killer are generally considered as taking multiple lives over a period of time and not in one incident. After reviewing the statistics regarding highway fatalities throughout the U.S., you could almost consider eighteen wheelers and the like to...
Driver fatigue causes many truck accidents | The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery
Each year, over 30,000 people die on our nation's highways. Almost 4,000 of those deaths are the result of encounters with big rigs. Since 2011, the U.S. Department of Transportation has taken a keen interest in the role fatigue plays in truck accidents. That was the...
Three common causes of truck accidents | The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery
Passing, merging and stopping are three things that drivers of 18-wheelers find challenging. While other drivers are urged to be aware of these difficulties, it sometimes seems that the truckers use the size and weight of their vehicles to bully their way through...
New speed-limiting technology may prevent truck accidents | The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery
Most drivers have experienced the anxiety of seeing a big rig rapidly approaching in the rearview mirror. On the other hand, many have also driven behind 18-wheelers that block multiple lanes by traveling well below the posted speed. Either of these situations may...