Category: 18 Wheeler Accidents
Unlike other places in the New York City metro area, driving tends to be the most reliable method of transportation on Long Island. At the same time, due to the number of drivers passing through the region each day, roads can become congested and even hazardous, and large commercial trucks
Sanitation trucks provide an essential service that keeps our neighborhoods clean, but they can also pose safety risks to pedestrians, bikers, and motorists, particularly if truck drivers and sanitation companies fail to exercise adequate care and caution. The Alliance of Greater New York released a study that found that sanitation
Accidents involving semis, 18-wheelers, and tractor trailers are often devastating because these vehicles are so much larger and heavier than other vehicles on the road. Because of this risk, truck drivers must take extra precautions to protect everyone around them. However, drivers aren’t the only ones responsible for the truck’s
Driver distraction is a major problem for truckers, as the temptation to multi-task can be elevated after thousands of hours on the road. These drivers may also reassure themselves that they are less likely to cause an accident due to distraction because they have logged so much experience that they
Properly loading the trailer of a semi is both art and science, but science alone will carry the driver as far as they need to go for safety purposes. Through proper training, any person can learn to perform this skill competently, arranging the load in such a way that it
A 28-year-old St. Louis native is lucky to be alive after her vehicle was struck by multiple semi-trucks on April 18, 2018. She was driving through Nebraska when an unexpected winter squall set in, limiting visibility to the extent it was no longer safe to drive. She slowed to a
A Commercial Driver’s License is required to drive a semi or certain other large trucks in most jurisdictions. For long-haul trucking, attendance at a trucking school is usually an introduction to the profession. These schools are designed to ensure that truckers receive the necessary training to be safe before they
Students affectionately called her “Miss Carol.” For almost three decades she was a crossing guard at the same intersection in Hempstead, Long Island, protecting children going to and from school in a busy traffic area. Last week, she made the ultimate sacrifice by moving a child out of the way
On December 7th, 2015, a semi went off the road not too far from Indianapolis. Semis going off the road is not particularly uncommon, and the driver isn’t always at fault. Difficult road or weather conditions can cause even the most experienced driver to suffer an accident. But in this
In 2011, after years and years of terrible accidents caused by allowing truck drivers on the roads without adequate sleep, the Department of Transportation stepped in and mandated that truckers get enough rest. Even this rule allowed truckers to drive with only a 34 hour restart period every week, meaning
