A truck accident could leave you with severe injuries, emotional trauma and financial burdens. Mounting medical bills, lost wages and vehicle repair costs can easily overwhelm you and your family. Financial compensation becomes crucial to cover these expenses and...
Truck Accidents
Spinal cord injuries caused by semitruck crashes
The size and weight of semitrucks make accidents involving them particularly dangerous, especially when a smaller vehicle is involved. Rollovers, jackknifing and collisions with smaller vehicles are common scenarios that can lead to direct trauma to the spinal cord....
The role of regular maintenance in preventing truck accidents
The trucking industry is integral in driving the economy and delivering goods for people’s daily needs. However, safe operations are dependent, to a large extent, on the vehicle’s condition. Thus, regular maintenance is essential. Truck owners or companies must...
Ways pedestrians can stay safe around trucks
When you're strolling or pedaling along Arizona's roads, it's good practice to maintain a safe distance from trucks and traffic. Unfortunately, huge trucks have blind spots that make pedestrians or smaller vehicles hard to see. While drivers should always be careful,...
Why every driver needs to understand stopping distances
Any time that you drive, it is important to understand the stopping distance required by your own vehicle. But it is also important to have some idea of what the stopping distances look like for the vehicles around you. After all, you’re only as safe as the drivers...
2 ways you can reduce your risk of a crash with a commercial truck
If you are like most adults who regularly drive, you tend to ignore the risk of being the road. Despite the possibility of a crash hanging over your head, you may feel quite comfortable at the wheel because you know you have made safety your top priority. In fact, you...
Truck rollovers: 4 reasons why they happen
Sharing the highway with a lot of large commercial trucks is scary. After all, the average semitruck weighs 20 or 30 times more than the average passenger car, and their height and length make them far more prone to rollover accidents. Rollovers are the “first harmful...
What makes sharing the road with trucks dangerous?
If a truck hits your car, it will do more damage than a smaller vehicle. Yet, it is not only the potential crash outcome that makes driving near trucks dangerous. The size of trucks could increase the risk of a collision in the first place. Driving a truck is more...
1 dies, 4 suffer from injuries after truck hits home in Mesa
When a vehicle leaves the roadway, the hope is that it will come to a stop without causing any harm. Unfortunately, that isn’t always what happens. Take, for example, this case in which a semitruck left the road and crashed into a home in Mesa. In the crash, one...
Three common reasons for truck wrecks that don’t involve driver errors
Semitruck crashes can lead to very serious injuries that require urgent medical care. The financial consequences of these wrecks can have a profound impact on the life of the victim as well as their family members. Seeking fair compensation for these kinds of...