Tractor-Trailer Accidents

• Trucking Safety Must be a Top Priority

  Bret Hanna | November 16, 2009 10:54 PM | 5 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Deaths resulting from accidents involving tractor-trailers between 2003 and 2006 exceeded 5,000 per year which is way too high. The Truck Safety Coalition (TSC) is dedicated to reducing these...

• Trucking Safety: Propaganda Is An Ugly Word

  Truckie D | September 21, 2009 12:01 AM | 5 CommentsVoices

  We need to get a few things straight here. You can think of this post as a wholesale reply to the IB posts listed at the end of this article. The list of IB posts that I've given isn't complete --...

• Truck Driver vs. Trucking Company - Who Is To Blame

  Jeremy Thurman | July 07, 2009 11:24 AM | 5 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  I posted frequently the last month on the deadly nature of tractor-trailer accidents. The posts are meant to be informative and show the dangers of these sometimes 80,000 lbs behemoths as they...

• Nestle Driver Killed In Semi Accident

  Chrissie Cole | May 12, 2009 11:09 AM | 5 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  A driver was killed in a truck accident on Tuesday when two semitrailers collided at U.S. 31 and Indiana 28, according to Tipton County Sheriff deputies. A truck, driven by Bill Maseman, 38, of...

• How car accidents happen because of blind spots

  Michael Monheit | January 26, 2012 6:42 AM | 4 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  Beware of blind spots and car accidents! There are numerous causes for car accidents; the blind spot is one of those causes. A blind spot is the area behind a vehicle that a person can't...

• That Truck Is Dropping an Ice Bomb!

  Mike Bryant | December 31, 2010 11:13 AM | 4 CommentsMinneapolis, MN

  It's always irritating when you get behind a truck and it starts dropping stuff on you. If there is material that should be tied down or secured and it's coming off, there is no question that there...

• Another Distracted Driving Semi Trucker, Another Needless Death

  Brett Emison | June 06, 2010 11:00 AM | 4 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Carolina News 14 has reported that another distracted tractor trailer driver has caused a trucking accident that resulted in a fatality. State Troopers said a distracted semi truck driver is to...

• Pedestrian Fatally Hit by Semi-Truck on I-580

  Claude Wyle | February 09, 2010 5:51 PM | 4 CommentsOakland, CA

  I was deeply saddened by the death of David Lopez late last month. According to the California Highway Patrol, David Lopez, 45, of San Ramon, was hit by a truck that was pulling two trailers in...

• U.S. Department of Transportation Bans Texting for Inter-State Truckers

  Jeremy Thurman | January 27, 2010 10:36 AM | 4 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  According to autoblog.com, the U.S. Department of Transportation has made it a crime for inter-state truck drivers and drivers of coaches carrying more than eight passengers to text or use handheld...

• Does the Semi-Truck Driver Speak English?

  Jeremy Thurman | January 18, 2010 12:31 PM | 4 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  Last week Beth Janicek wrote an informative blog titled Who’s driving that semi-truck on the Interstate heading towards my family? McIntyre Law is currently involved in several catastrophic...