Why Should You Be Extra Cautious Around Trucks?
When driving through most parts of Illinois, you’re likely to encounter a semi-truck at some point on your journey. These huge vehicles make up a large portion of automobiles on the roads, transporting tons and tons of goods each day. However, semi-trucks also present...
The IIHS Hopes to Improve Truck Safety with New Regulations
If you or a loved one has ever suffered an injury in a traffic accident with a commercial truck, you know first-hand the fear a massive commercial truck can cause. These huge vehicles are essential to the American industry, so ensuring they are safe is a top priority...
What causes trucking accidents?
Semi-trucks are some of the biggest vehicles out there on the roads. Because of their size, you would think that it would be rather challenging to get into an accident with an 18-wheeler. Unfortunately, serious truck accidents still occur every day due to avoidable...
What to do after a tractor rollover accident?
Farming is essential to our national and worldwide economies, but it is also dangerous work. Even the most careful farmers and farm laborers are at risk every day in their jobs. Among the most dangerous tasks in farming is operating a tractor or other farming...
Jackknifed trucks pose deadly dangers
If you have ever driven along an interstate and seen a jackknifed truck in the median or blocking the lanes of traffic, you may have come up on a very serious semitruck accident. In fact, jackknifing is one of the most hazardous accidents for the semitruck drivers and...
Why is negligence important in a claim for compensation?
A person in a car wreck might suffer serious injuries. This can lead to needing considerable medical care. The financial aspect can negatively impact the victim and their household. They may opt to pursue a claim for compensation, which means that they need to ensure...
Handheld device ban for truckers is for public safety
It is no secret that drivers can't operate vehicles safely when they're distracted. While every distracted driver is a hazard to others on the roadways, truckers have very large and heavy vehicles to control. When they're distracted, even a simple error can turn...
Fatigue is a problem for truck drivers: Here’s why
Truck drivers are in charge of transporting many of the goods that people need around the country. They do a necessary job. The trouble is that truck drivers who are too tired could cause significant crashes that lead to injuries or deaths. Truck driver fatigue has a...
Is drowsy driving really a big deal?
Driving during the winter is difficult enough without adding fatigue into the picture. When any driver, including those in commercial rigs, is fatigued, they can cause a serious crash that injures innocent people or claims a life. Fatigue can lead a driver to make...
Drive safely around semitrucks this winter
Anyone who drivers on the interstate must remember that semitrucks are especially dangerous because they are so much larger and heavier than traditional vehicles. It is imperative that you take steps to remain safe around these trucks, but the truckers also have a...