In Florida and all across the country, motorists must share the road with tractor-trailers and other commercial vehicles. While these vehicles are a major component in delivering much-needed goods to consumers and manufacturers, commercial trucks are also responsible...
Truck Accidents
Florida state trooper injured in truck accident
Members of the Florida Highway Patrol are charged with keeping the state’s roads safe and passable. A challenging and dangerous job, state troopers assume a lot of risk on every shift as they regularly work around moving traffic and other potential hazards. They also...
What are the real causes of truck accidents?
Sharing the Florida highways with big rigs could be harrowing. Motorists typically suffer the worse in passenger vs. truck accidents. The Family Motor Coach Association Statistics reported the findings of a nationwide Large Truck Crash Causation Study earlier this...
Car vs. truck accidents often fatal for those in smaller vehicle
Motorists in Florida will always be vulnerable when they share the highways with big rigs. In most crashes that involve passenger vehicles and large trucks, the motorists are typically the ones who suffer severe or fatal injuries. The main reason is that big rigs...
The correlation between sleep apnea and truck driver fatigue
Have you ever forgotten the last few miles of your trip home when you were tired after a long day at work? This is one of the classic signs of fatigue, which can make driving dangerous. More than likely, you made it home safely—mostly because you didn’t have that far...
Trucking and distractions: A lethal combination
Semitruck drivers have to pay keen attention to the roadway. These large trucks are very heavy and are akin to projectile weapons when they are moving along. Distracted truckers can cause crashes that kill or injure innocent people on the roads. Consider these...
FHP targets aggressive drivers amid surge in trucking fatalities
Florida law enforcement has kicked off its Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks, or TACT, campaign, which runs through Oct. 20. The goal is to put a stop to dangerous, aggressive behavior on the roadways, including: Speeding Weaving Tailgating Law enforcement will be...
Controversial aspects of the current hours-of-service rules
In recent blog posts, we’ve brought up the important issue of federal hours of service requirements, which apply to commercial truck companies and their drivers. This includes most vehicles used in the business of interstate commerce. Here we’d like...
Federal regulators explore possibility of truck safety technology
Car safety technology has brought about a great improvement in terms of the reduction of highway accidents, and manufacturers are continually looking to improve their offerings in this area. When it comes to trucking safety, technology has not come quite as far. That...
Comedian injured in accident involving fatigued trucker
Truck accidents can occur for a variety of reasons, including inclement weather, poor roadway design, and the fault of other drivers. They can also occur because of a trucker’s failure to follow safety rules applying to truck drivers and other commercial...