If you think sleepy and distracted truck drivers are a problem, some computer engineers and automobile designers think they may have the solution: automated trucks that drive themselves. In fact, since last October, autonomously driven trucks have been delivering...
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Commercial drivers can’t legally use a cellphone while driving | The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery
People today use their phones for almost everything. There are very few places where you won't find someone on a cellphone. Despite this fact, there is one person who shouldn't ever use a cellphone -- a driver. Drivers who are distracted by a phone are putting...
Avoiding drowsy driving: 3 things to know to help stay safe | The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery
We live in a sleep-deprived society in which countless numbers of products are delivered by truck. It's a dangerous recipe that results in far too many car and truck accidents caused by drowsy driving. Here are some tips to stay safe and avoid trouble on the road....
Safety recommendations for semitruck drivers | The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery
Most truck drivers have seen motor vehicle operators doing some very risky and idiotic things on the road. In some cases, this unwise maneuvers result in car versus semitruck collisions that cause catastrophic injuries -- or worse -- death. However, semitruck drivers...
Abdominal pain after a car accident is an emergency | The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery
Car accidents, even those that seem relatively minor, are a violent experience for the human body. While humans are among the most resilient creatures throughout all of nature, we are also easily injured. In some cases, injuries that you suffer in a car accident are...
Truck drivers with sleep apnea must get treatment | The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery
Sleep apnea is a condition that affects your airways when you sleep. People who suffer from sleep apnea don't get the same quality of sleep as those who are free of the condition. That's because, throughout the night, the airways of sleep apnea patients close causing...
Your first steps after suffering injury in a truck accident | The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery
Large trucks absolutely destroy other vehicles in a collision, leaving drivers and passengers dead or seriously injured. Any time that a person survives a collision with a large truck, they are very fortunate that the experience did not take their life. Of course, if...
Training standards for new truck drivers: Are they tough enough? | The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery
Large trucks weigh 20 or 30 times as much as passenger cars and that weight differential can be devastating in a crash. Large trucks are also much taller than smaller vehicles, posing the risk of underride accidents. How much and what type of training should drivers...
How many deadly wrecks involve young truckers? | The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery
On this blog, an array of topics related to large truck accidents have been covered, such as the dangers associated with truck driver fatigue. However, it is crucial for people in San Antonio to take all factors into consideration when it comes to truck crashes,...
How can truck drivers avoid fatigue? | The Law Offices of Tyler & Peery
For everyone on the road, colliding with a large truck can be perilous. Between the sheer size of these vehicles and the length of time it may take a trucker to slow down, those who collide with a semi truck often face an especially high risk of suffering an injury or...