Accidents between passenger vehicles and semi-truck s tend to result in catastrophic injuries. In many situations, they're also fatal. For this reason, every driver of a passenger car, and every driver of an 18-wheeler, needs to educate him or herself regarding the...
Truck Accidents
Merging onto the interstate can raise accident risks
Interstate highways are often praised for the way they reduce accident risks. There are few points of entry and traffic is always moving in the same direction. There's one key point where the risk can rise, though: on-ramps. When other traffic is allowed onto the...
How do most truck accident cases happen?
Semitrucks are giant behemoths that cause catastrophic injuries and damages whenever they get into a crash. To make an analogy, an 18-wheeler getting into a collision with a compact car is like a mountain versus molehill. This is why strict federal laws exist to...
Easter weekend truck accident kills family of 4
The Easter holiday is supposed to be a time of cheer, when we enjoy days spent with loving family members. As such, when an unplanned car accident interrupts such a holiday to bring catastrophic injury, death and tragedy, it's particularly disheartening. This is...
Limiting driving time can prevent trucker fatigue
Truckers are responsible for very large vehicles that are very heavy and can do considerable damage. This is one reason why semi truck accidents are so horrible. The federal government has stepped in to try to reduce the number of truckers who are fatigued, but they...
Trump rule-freezing tactic could raise truck accident risk
The transition to the Trump administration has been accompanied by changes for a variety of industries, and the transportation sector is no exception. In light of the administration's refusal to promulgate any new regulation through a "freeze" period, the Federal...
Are improperly trained truckers a hazard on the highways?
Do you ever see a semi-truck driver make a boneheaded move on the road and wonder if the driver got his commercial driver's license out of a Crackerjack box? It might not be that great of a stretch, unfortunately. Many truck drivers have not gotten adequate training...
Why do truck accidents cause such serious injuries?
Truck drivers are some of the most experienced drivers on the road. They literally drive for a living, with many of them working on the roads for more than 40 hours a week. So, why are serious injuries so often linked to accidents with commercial trucks? The reason...
Tazewell wreck with log truck claims driver’s life
An accident that occurred earlier this week in Tazewell County in the southwest portion of the state has claimed one life. The Virginia State Police investigated the fatal collision between a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee and a logging truck on Oct. 17. According to their...
Elderly woman dies, 2 injured, in wreck with big rig
A 79-year-old woman died, while another, 74, and a man, 80, were injured on Sunday, Sept. 18, when a tractor-trailer attempted to merge into the lane occupied by their car. The Virginia State Police continue their investigation of the Pulaski County collision that...