Driving a car requires attention, but operating a large and heavy one can demand even more attention. But this is not always the case with all the trucks you come across. Some are being driven by drivers who are too tired to focus on driving. So, what causes truck...
Truck Accidents
Truck accidents can result in catastrophic injuries
Truck drivers are a constant sight on our roads as they go about delivering much-needed goods to their destinations. However, it's crucial to recognize that alongside their vital role in commerce, truck accidents can happen and tragically, they can result in injuries...
How might a trucking company be liable for your accident?
Trucking accidents can be deadly, and can easily occur if safety measures are overlooked. In 2020, 4,965 people died in crashes involving trucks. Different contributing factors led to these accidents, and some can be linked to the trucking company. Trucking accidents...
What semi-truck crash statistics can do for someone’s safety
Large commercial trucks, which people often call semi-trucks and 18-wheelers, help to provide cost-effective transportation for raw materials and consumer goods. They are crucial components in the modern economy, but they are also an unignorable safety concern for...
Follow these 3 tips to stay safer around semitrucks
Semitrucks provide the valuable service of getting goods across this country, but they’re also very dangerous vehicles because of their size and weight of them. It’s imperative that truckers drive safely, but there are also some steps all drivers can take to enhance...
Should truck drivers be able to avoid jackknifing?
When you’re sharing the highway with large trucks, it can be scary. Your hope is that they are able to maintain control of their vehicles and not end up causing a crash by swinging their trailer into another lane. Unfortunately, there are some truck drivers who make...
Here’s why you need to maintain your distance from large trucks
Anyone who has ever traveled on a freeway or highway has probably come into range of a large truck or semi. These vehicles are massive in comparison to smaller passenger vehicles, so it makes sense that drivers may feel wary when they approach larger trucks. The...
1 hurt on I-95 in New Haven crash involving box truck
When many people are trying to get home or to work, the highways are naturally going to be congested. Impatient drivers, weary drivers, distracted drivers and traffic jams sometimes lead to crashes as drivers get frustrated and try risky maneuvers or stop paying close...
Wind can increase the danger of truck crashes
Your spouse didn’t make it home today. She is lying in a Connecticut hospital bed because a semitruck rolled over and crushed her car. The police said a strong gust of wind caught the truck and that your wife was unlucky. As you head to the hospital to visit her, you...
Navigating Connecticut’s comparative negligence law after a crash
There is no doubt among victims that truck accidents result in serious or catastrophic injuries in many cases. Those who have walked away from a collision with a semitruck are lucky indeed. Most truck accident victims are left with severe injuries such as brain...