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Tow trucks provide a vital and necessary service: hauling stranded vehicles to safer locations. They show up when drivers run out of gas, have a flat tire, or have engine trouble that brings the car to a stop, with nothing the driver can do to start it up again. They come to the rescue when …

Dump and garbage trucks are ubiquitous on our roads. Both are vital to our communities—garbage trucks for maintaining sanitary living conditions and dump trucks to support construction projects that improve our quality of life. Both are also large vehicles and sit higher off the ground than passenger vehicles. The number of them on the road …

Millions of big trucks (15.5 million, to be exact) transport nearly 70 percent of all freight that moves on American roads. These goods moving within the U.S. and between the United States, Canada, and Mexico are worth nearly $1 trillion annually. Read on to learn all about tanker truck accidents from the Fort Myers truck …

Sharing the road with big trucks poses vehicle accident hazards for everyone else on the road. Trucks have much greater mass than a normal passenger vehicle (weighing up to 80,000 lbs) and are piloted by drivers who spend many hours on the road, leading to high levels of fatigue and inattention. Another danger posed by …

When commercial vehicles get into accidents, they can be deadly. Commercial truck drivers are responsible for driving cautiously because of their vehicle’s large size. Unfortunately, not all truck drivers follow state or company rules, leading to traumatizing accidents. When they violate these rules, you can sustain severe injuries that require extensive aftercare. If you or …

When a passenger vehicle rear-ends your vehicle, the accident can cause whiplash, spinal cord injuries, or a traumatic brain injury, depending on the severity of the collision. When a big truck hits your vehicle from the rear, the force of the impact can cause even more catastrophic injuries. Because of the mass of a big …

Flatbed trucks serve a vital purpose in transporting many items across the United States every day. Flatbed trucks help carry heavy loads that usually do not fit on traditional trucks, like construction equipment, sheds, even parts of houses. Unfortunately, the cargo carried by flatbed trucks can also increase the risk that those trucks and their …

Thousands of trucks travel Florida roads every day, bringing goods and materials to businesses and consumers in every corner of the state. But while large trucks are vital to the economy, they can be extremely dangerous. Trucks are much heavier and larger than other vehicles, and a collision, or even a single-vehicle semi crash, can …

T-bone accidents are some of the scariest accidents on the road. T-bone truck crashes can be devastating. These accidents, also known as broadside accidents and side-impact accidents result when one driver collides head-on into the side of another vehicle. While advances in vehicle design have increased the level of protection on the sides of vehicles, …