Commercial Tire Blowouts: Tips for Drivers In the United States, tire blowouts cause the most crashes on busy highways. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, they impact over 11,000 truck drivers. Novice and rookie drivers can help change this statistic if they learn the top reasons why their tires blow out. Why Tire…
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The Impact of Winter Storms on Truckers Since March 2020, truck drivers have been recognized as crucial frontline workers. They need to get their loads to their destinations on time now more than ever. Winter storms can slow this process, affecting truckers and everyone along the supply chain that counts on them. Accidents Are More…
Ways That Truck Black Boxes Can Affect Your Accident Case In the average year, about 430,000 accidents involve a large truck. If you are one of the many people dealing with a trucking accident, it may be possible to get helpful data from the truck’s black box. Here are some things to know about involving…
Causes of a Semitruck Jackknife Accident and Its Dangers Statistics from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) indicate that over 4,100 individuals perished from truck accidents in 2018, and of these deaths, 16 percent were the trucks’ occupants while 67 percent were passengers in small vehicles. Additionally, 15 percent of the deaths were either…
Garbage Trucks and the Dangers Faced on the Road Why is trash collection dangerous? According to the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), the sheer number of deaths and serious injuries annually make sanitation work one of the most dangerous civilian jobs in the United States. Many trucking accident attorneys and other industry experts…
How Has the Pandemic Affected Truck Traffic? In April 2020, personal vehicle traffic in some U.S. cities dropped by as much as 48%, which one analyst called “unprecedented.” Many employees began working remotely – at home instead of at the office – for the first time, eliminating the need for commuting. Curfews, mandatory quarantines when…
COVID-19 Has Complicated Truck Accident Investigations The higher demand for shipped items coupled with the long delays that have become commonplace during the coronavirus pandemic has led to an increase in the workload for truck drivers. This is notable given that there were already more than 2 million commercial trucks operating in the United States every day…
How the COVID-19 Workload Could Affect Truck Maintenance and Examinations COVID-19 has placed unprecedented stresses on the commercial trucking industry as the dual pressures of potential illnesses and time crunches have wreaked havoc. Nearly 71% of the freight in the United States travels by trucks, and it still needs to move. Nonetheless, there are effects…
COVID-19 May Change Trucking Routes as the Nation Reopens Modern trucking routes are highly planned, coordinated and refined to ensure that the U.S. infrastructure gets needed goods and resources just in time. In fact, the Freight Analysis Framework—which is the result of a partnership between the Federal Highway Administration and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics—estimates…
