Semi-Truck Accidents – Facts and Fiction – Part II

Part II of “Semi-Truck Accidents – Facts and Fiction“.   Facts from Fiction about 18 Wheelers – 4 Additional Misconceptions 5. All semi-trucks have a device that captures crash data! False Some semi-trucks do have an event data recorder or black box on board but these get triggered only by crash-like conditions such as hard
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Semi-Truck Accidents – Facts and Fiction – Part I

Facts from Fiction about 18 Wheelers – 4 Misconceptions Every year, hundreds of motorists are killed in collisions involving semi-trucks. In fact, 1 in every 8 traffic collision linked fatalities can be attributed to these heavy eighteen-wheeled vehicles. What’s worse is 98% of the people who die or are seriously injured in these collisions are
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Semi-Truck Accident, Now What?

In 2013, nearly 11% of all road accident fatalities were attributed to crashes that involved commercial trucks although only about 5% of vehicles on the freeways were semi-trailers, commercial trucks and multi-axle trucks. Given the large size of the vehicles and the massive payload they carry, a small passenger automobile stands no chance against these
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Dealing with the Aftermath of a Semi-Truck Accident!

At a minimum weight of 60,000 lbs., the disaster caused by a semi-truck can be enormous, which means that there is very little room for error when operating such a mammoth vehicle. Yet, in 2012, almost 4000 fatalities in road accidents were attributed to semi-truck mishaps. Of course, nobody is saying that all trucking companies
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