Category: 18 Wheeler Accidents

Larger commercial trucks and tractor-trailers are potentially hazardous vehicles. Although they keep the American shipping industry running, they are immense machines capable of doing catastrophic damage to the smaller vehicles they share the road with. Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that at least 71 percent of individuals killed

New York City is a bustling metropolis where city streets are tight and moving through traffic can be exhausting. While commercial trucks are vital to providing New York City residents with the goods they need and the services they crave, these 21st-century behemoths are often too large for the city’s

Recent Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) estimates suggest over 415,000 police-reported crashes involving large trucks in the United States. More than 101,000 of those crashes left Americans injured, while 4,444 of those collisions proved fatal. Being injured in a crash with a large truck can be a life-altering event. With

Navigating the claim process with a trucking company and its insurer can be complicated and overwhelming. Not everybody knows how to negotiate with insurance adjusters. Although filing an insurance claim to pursue the compensation you need is often complex, there is only one thing you need to know about negotiating

A black box in a commercial truck resembles a black box in most passenger vehicles and airplanes. It is an electronic device that automatically records and stores driver and vehicle activity data. A truck’s black box also records occupant and vehicle information for the seconds before, during, and after a

Tractor-trailers and other commercial vehicles carry many of the goods we use every day, but they also pose a significant safety hazard for drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists. In a dense, crowded city like New York, semi-trucks can also cause catastrophic traffic jams as they struggle to navigate narrow streets with