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18 Aug 2022, 1:31 pm
Accident on Old River Road Caused by Trailer That Broke Free From Semi A tractor-trailer collision with a pickup truck east of Woodland caused serious damage on August 15. [read post]
18 Aug 2022, 6:50 am
Of course, there are federal regulations designed to combat the danger of drowsy drivers behind the wheel of big rigs, tractor-trailers, 18-wheelers, and semi-trucks. [read post]
18 Aug 2022, 3:00 am
He parked his tractor-trailer for the night at a truck stop in Georgia but was awakened when an adjacent tractor-trailer got stuck to his rig after turning too sharply while pulling out. [read post]
16 Aug 2022, 6:10 am
See, Semi-Truck Crashes: Why Tractor-Trailer Trucks Are So Dangerous. [read post]
10 Aug 2022, 10:59 am
Tractor trailer truck accidents are catastrophic because of the size discrepancy between a big rig and a passenger vehicle. [read post]
8 Aug 2022, 3:03 am
Extra Training Required for Specialized Vehicles When we think about trucks and other commercial vehicles, there are a few generalized examples that usually come to mind — the tractor-trailer rig for long-haul freight and buses for short and long-distance passenger travel are a couple that come to mind. [read post]
7 Aug 2022, 3:59 am
If the driver in question is behind the wheel of a commercial vehicle, like a tractor-trailer, their blood-alcohol level must be under 0.04%. [read post]
7 Aug 2022, 3:03 am
Some of this is due to the simple physics of operating a 2-ton passenger car as compared to a 40-ton, fully-loaded tractor-trailer — it takes much, much longer to get the bigger vehicle up to speed and correspondingly longer to bring it to a stop. [read post]
6 Aug 2022, 2:20 am
According to sources, at about 9:30 a.m., a tractor-trailer and motorcycle crashed as they were exiting the freeway and attempting to make a lefthand turn onto Westbound Country Club Drive. 49-year-old Sheri Gustafson, a resident of Phoenix, died at the scene when her motorcycle was rear-ended by the tractor-trailer. [read post]
6 Aug 2022, 2:20 am
According to sources, at about 9:30 a.m., a tractor-trailer and motorcycle crashed as they were exiting the freeway and attempting to make a lefthand turn onto Westbound Country Club Drive. 49-year-old Sheri Gustafson, a resident of Phoenix, died at the scene when her motorcycle was rear-ended by the tractor-trailer. [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 3:01 pm
Time truly is money for these drivers and for the commercial carrier companies who employ them — a tractor-trailer rig isn’t making money while parked at a truck stop and a passenger bus isn’t earning anything while sitting still at a bus terminal. [read post]
5 Aug 2022, 7:41 am
Well, Congress has noticed it, too, and is taking steps to increase the number of safe parking spots for tractor-trailers and semis across the county. [read post]
2 Aug 2022, 1:21 pm
According to the FMCSA’s Large Truck Crash Causation Study: 4-5% of all fatal trucking crashes are trucking rolloversAbout 70% of truck rollovers involve large Class 8 tractor-trailers or tractors without a trailer attached (known as bobtails)30% involve single unit trucks56% of all rollover crashes occur on divided highways42% of all rollover crashes occur on two-way non-divided roads2% of all rollover crashes occur on… [read post]
29 Jul 2022, 12:34 pm
In these truck accidents, the motorist may hit the back of the tractor trailer, resulting in the smaller passenger vehicle sliding under the tractor trailer. [read post]
29 Jul 2022, 4:36 am
A 28 year old woman riding a CitiBike was fatally struck by a tractor-trailer truck in New York. [read post]
27 Jul 2022, 9:01 am
The plaintiff, Staci Hix-Hernandez, claims that she was injured when a battery dislodged from an Ford F-150 truck after it collided with a tractor-trailer. [read post]
27 Jul 2022, 7:03 am
According to data from the FMCSA, the most common factors in tractor-trailer accidents include: Driver fatigue, including driver errors due to being overly tired Driver impairment due to alcohol or drug use Speeding, including driving too fast for the given weather and road conditions At least one of these three causes was a factor in nearly 90 percent of commercial truck crashes. [read post]
25 Jul 2022, 1:07 am
And a box truck is much different from a tractor-trailer rig, which is entirely different from a cement truck, which may have little in common with a garbage truck and nothing at all in common with a passenger bus. [read post]
23 Jul 2022, 9:59 pm
If you were hurt in a crash involving a tractor-trailer, you have the right to seek compensation for your losses, and you should meet with a Texas truck accident attorney to evaluate your potential claims. [read post]
20 Jul 2022, 10:35 am
When a truck tire breaks apart, tire debris can become a deadly projectile thrown through the air landing on vehicles. [read post]
