Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Cell Phone Use While Driving Tractor Trailers Banned

  Michael Roberts | November 28, 2011 4:05 PM | 3 CommentsGadsden, AL

  Half a million injuries and nearly 5500 deaths were attributed to accidents involving distracted driving in 2009. In a giant step toward safety, a final rule was announced restricting the use...

• Why are Medical Bills so High?

  Jon Lewis | December 05, 2009 1:49 PM | 3 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  Did you know that hospitals and physicians rarely ever receive the amount they charge for their services? Health insurance companies do not pay the actual bills invoiced by medical professionals....

• Steel Coils and Truck Accidents in Alabama

  Jon Lewis | March 12, 2009 3:40 PM | 2 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  The Alabama legislature has finally come together to pass a bill with respect to steel coil loads. There have been numerous incidents where large trucks have lost their steel coil rolls on state...

• New Truck Driver Hours-of-Service Rule Announced

  Michael Roberts | December 28, 2011 10:51 AM | 1 CommentGadsden, AL

  Many of us can identify with driver fatigue—maybe even especially right now with all of the holiday travel going on. The last hours of a long road trip or night-time driving at the end of a...

• Mexican CDLs and Tractor Trailer Safety

  Michael Roberts | October 24, 2011 10:45 AM | 1 CommentGadsden, AL

  Rigorous licensing requirements for commercial truckers are a crucial component of keeping our highways safe. With hundreds of thousands of commercial trucks operating on our roadways, it is...

• GAO Assesses Trucking Safety Initiative Progress

  Michael Roberts | October 07, 2011 2:59 PM | 1 CommentGadsden, AL

  Today on our highways and interstates there are hundreds of thousands of large commercial trucks and buses that provide cross-country transportation for goods and people. A significant part of the...

• Tractor Trailer Load Problems

  Michael Roberts | November 28, 2010 12:59 PM | 1 CommentGadsden, AL

  Tractor-Trailer Load Dangers Countless families take to the road for holiday travels. Families making these long trips simply want a safe and smooth journey that ends with a chance to enjoy a...

• How a poor economy can affect people not just in the pocketbook....

  Troy Schwant | December 30, 2008 6:58 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  As everyone knows and has felt, the current economy is effecting how people shop, eat, and live their day to day life. Some people think it is only the middle and lower class that are cutting costs,...

• Trucking Regulations - Part IV - Driving of Commercial Motor Vehicles

  Jon Lewis | June 16, 2008 9:49 PM | 1 CommentBirmingham, AL

  Section 392 of the Code of Federal Regulations governs the driving of commercial motor vehicles. It has many sections on various topics. Some of those sections include: ill or fatigued operator;...

• Disturbing trucking accident statistics

  Staff Writer | October 26, 2006 12:33 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL

  Tractor-trailers, otherwise known as semis or large trucks, are involved in nearly 500,000 traffic accidents each year. Of these, nearly 5,000 result in death, and many others in severe injuries. Another disturbing statistic is that one out of every eight motor vehicle accident fatalities involves a tractor-trailer collision. In most of these accidents, the truck drivers are unharmed, but...