As the new school year begins, drivers must remain vigilant around school buses. These laws protect children’s lives, and compliance is mandatory throughout the year. Understanding and following school bus laws is something you must do to help protect the safety of...
Commercial Vehicle Accidents
What are the main ways commercial truckers cause crashes?
A car crash with a commercial truck will typically cause worse damage to the smaller vehicle. Sometimes, commercial crashes are the result of people in smaller vehicles making mistakes, but many times, the commercial driver is the one ultimately at fault for a...
2 tips for reducing your risk of a big truck crash
Ideally, you want to avoid every kind of collision. However, if you had to choose, you would probably rather have a fender-bender in a parking lot than a highway collision with a big truck. Traveling at high speeds near huge semi-trucks can put you at risk. There are...
When a food delivery driver causes a wreck, who is liable?
DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats and your local pizza delivery drivers are probably familiar sights to you by now, whether you’re out on the road running errands or just looking out the window for your own delivery to arrive. Unfortunately, delivery drivers actually have...
What should drivers do to avoid jackknifing?
Truck drivers have a big job, and they have to be cautious about how they handle their rigs at all times. When a truck driver loses control, there is a risk that the trailer could jackknife. If no one is in the way, there is a possibility that the driver could get the...
What are some school bus safety rules?
With a new school year right around the corner, many parents in Virginia will be putting the safety of their children into the hands of school bus drivers. That's why school bus safety is so important, and it's the duty of bus drivers as well as other motorists to...
What are the common causes of commercial truck accidents?
As a Virginia motorist, you may be used to sharing the road with tractor trailers on a daily basis. These massive vehicles can weigh up to 80,000 pounds and may have as many as three trailers filled with cargo. It is not surprising that an accident with one of these...
Dealing with hazardous driving conditions as a commercial driver
When you work for a commercial motor carrier in Northern Virginia, you know that the pressure of pleasing your customers is ever-present. This is especially true when you transport passengers. While you want to ensure that you get passengers to their...
Can motor carriers require drivers to use phones while driving?
Given all of the awareness raised recently about the dangers of distracted driving, you likely would not even dream of pulling out your phone to send a text or take a call while driving on the roads in Manassas. How unsettling must it be, then, to find yourself a...
What are the qualifications to drive a school bus in Virginia?
Every day during the school year, you and countless other parents in Manassas place the safety of your children in the hands of a small group of individuals selected to drive school buses. Given the precious cargo that they are carrying, you might assume that bus...