Truck Accident Attorneys

Driving on the highway behind, alongside, or even in front of a tractor-trailer without understanding the limitation of these larger vehicles can be dangerous. It’s important to know how to share the road with these big rigs safely in order to avoid a potential catastrophe. Collisions between semi-trailers and cars can be devastating and lead…

Last September a commuter train crashed into a wall at the Hoboken, NJ train station during the morning rush, killing one and injuring more than 100 people, because the train’s conductor had undiagnosed sleep apnea. An article in EHS Today estimates that one in 25 adult drivers over age 18 have reported falling asleep while…

In May 2017, a fiery crash on I-95 near the border between North Carolina and South Carolina claimed the lives of five people; two were children. The chain reaction crash involved three tractor trailers and three passenger vehicles. A story on WITN.com reports that the crash occurred near exit 10 in Robeson County when a…

In 1967, Hollywood actress Jayne Mansfield was killed along with two friends when her driver rear-ended a tractor-trailer in heavy fog. It was the first high-profile accident involving underride incursion, and the incident spurred the first calls for safety measures that would prevent grisly underride accidents; rear underride guards, now mandatory, are still called Mansfield…

The decline of Black Friday and the rise of Cyber Monday show a growing trend; more and more of us are turning to online shopping as a convenient alternative to brick and mortar stores during the holidays. The pricing is better, and most retailers even offer free shipping at the busiest time of year. Unfortunately,…

As the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering a mandate that would limit big trucks to a nationwide speed limit, lawmakers are demanding immediate action on unsafe car seats. The two might seem unrelated, but an ongoing investigation by CBS found that the seats in passenger vehicles can fail in rear-end crashes and cause…

Truck drivers have grueling, demanding jobs that require them to drive for long hours down long highways under strict timelines. Some truck drivers might feel that the pressure or the boredom is more than they can bear, and they take drugs that help them get through awake and alert and on time. However, everyone knows…

Speeding trucks are the cause of a significant number of large commercial truck crashes in the United States. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), vehicle speeds are a crucial factor in traffic safety, and it is estimated that speeding is involved in approximately 31 percent of fatal motor vehicle crashes. But what…

Road construction on I-77 in Chester County created stop-and-go traffic conditions that resulted in a fiery six-car pileup in early September. The multi-vehicle wreck closed the highway for more than 8 hours while first responders worked to literally put out fires and save more than a dozen victims. The accident was so large that the…

Truck accidents are always serious. The underlying cause varies; truck drivers can be distracted, fatigued, drunk or unlicensed, but the overriding cause is always the same. Big trucks cause big accidents. Commercial vans and small trucks can outweigh passenger vehicles by almost 10 times, while fully loaded tractor-trailers can be 40 times heavier than a…