There are several common causes of truck accidents. One of the ways the Virginia truck accident attorneys see in the cases we handle is defective truck parts. Despite the fact that truck part manufacturers have a duty of care to design and...
Virginia Truck Accidents and Falsified Logbooks
Driving a tractor-trailer can be a hard job, especially those who driver interstate routes. Tractor-trailer drivers are required to drive for long hours each day in order to meet the stringent delivery deadlines trucking companies require....
Dangers of Damaged or Defective Truck Bumpers
According to statistics from the United States government, there are more than two million semi-trucks on the nation’s roads. These huge vehicles can weigh more than 80,000 pounds when they are loaded with cargo. Their massive weight and size...
Dangers of Truck Tire Blowouts
There are thousands of semi-trucks driving through and around the state of Virginia. These commercial vehicles are designed with 18 wheels, which are needed in order to handle the size and weight of the truck and the cargo they carry. With more...
Why You Need a Virginia Truck Accident Attorney
If you’ve been injured in a truck accident, you’ve likely suffered injuries serious enough to interfere with both your personal and professional life. Many truck accident victims sustain injuries that require extensive or long-term medical...
Truck Crashes: More Stopping Distance Needed to Avoid Disaster
In order to operate a semi-truck or tractor-trailer, the driver must have a commercial driver’s license (CDL). This is because driving these vehicles are much more difficult than operating a passenger vehicle. Turning, maneuvering, parking, and...
Critical Events and Critical Reasons in Virginia Truck Accidents
According to statistics from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), there are approximately 450,000 police-reported truck accidents each year. In about 345,000 of these accidents, at least one victim suffers a personal injury....
How Do Trucking Companies Test Drivers for Marijuana Use?
Marijuana may be somewhat or completely legal in multiple states across the nation, but it remains a huge concern for employers in the trucking and transportation industries. In fact, fleet operators have begun looking at ways to drive out those...
Preventing Side-Impact Truck Accidents
More than 4,000 people die each year in truck accidents, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The majority of those people (82 percent) were occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, or motorists. The most...
Truck Accidents Involving Drowsy Truck Drivers
Accidents involving large trucks vehicles tend to be extremely serious. Think about it -- when a huge, 40,000-pound truck collides with an average-sized, 4,000-pound vehicle, there is bound to be much more damage to the smaller vehicle. Truck...