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High-Speed Tire Blowouts Blamed for Increase in Truck Accidents
The number of semitrailers on the road has risen in recent years. In fact, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s count of registered trucks across the country has grown from 8.2 million in 2004 to 10.6 million in 2013. Of course, with the rise in the number of trucks there are on the road, there ...
Tragic Truck Accident Reminds Us of the Dangers of Texting and Driving
Most Floridians are aware that a texting and driving ban has been in effect since 2013. Texting while driving is a secondary traffic offense, meaning that a police officer may not stop a car solely for texting; the driver must commit a primary driving offense – like speeding – and, if he or she was ...
Five Students Killed in Commercial Truck Accident
Last month, a tragic multi-vehicle accident took the lives of 5 promising young nursing students and injured two more. The young women were en route to St. Joseph’s/Candler Hospital in Savannah to begin their last day of their first clinical set of rotations, or hands-on instruction. The girls – Caitlyn Baggett, Morgan Bass, Emily Clark, ...
Pay Attention to How You Drive Around Semi-Trucks
The Tampa Bay and Central Florida regions are home to dangerous highways filled with a bustling transportation industry. The growing number of semi-trucks on our fast paced roads is good reason for knowledge about critical risk factors. Tractor trailers are an average of 53 feet in length, with 3 major blind spots, and carry loads ...
Vision Exemption Policy Lets Partially Blind Truck Drivers onto the Road
You may find it shocking to hear that the federal government provides truck drivers who are partially blind permits to drive their trucks in certain circumstances. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the division of the U.S. Department of Transportation that regulates commercial trucking, actually has programs that allow truck drivers with certain medical ...
Recent Surge in Trucking Accidents Explained
The fatal trucking accident involving comedian Tracy Morgan this summer was one of the few times a fatal trucking accident actually received press coverage in this country. However, simply because trucking accidents don’t often get news coverage does not mean they do not present a problem. In fact, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...
Tracy Morgan Injured and Jimmy Mack Killed in Semi-Truck Accident
As reported on CNN.com, there was an accident last weekend that occurred on the New Jersey turnpike where Tracy Morgan along with another famous comedian, were hit in their limo bus by a tractor-trailer truck driven by Kevin Roper, who was alleged to have been driving for a straight 24 hours. He is employed as ...
Challenges After a Truck Accident
During 2012, more than 400 people were injured on Florida roadways when they were involved in a truck accident. An additional 20 of these motorists lost their lives. Hillsborough County alone had more than 1,000 accidents involving a commercial vehicle. Unfortunately, for victims these accidents almost always involve significant injuries due to the sheer size ...
The Truth About Truck Accidents
Because large trucks typically travel on interstates, which are among the safest roadways, they generally have lower crash rates, about 1.1 fatal crashes per 100 million miles traveled compared to the 1.3 for passenger vehicles. (These trucks are defined as weighing more than 10,000 pounds and composed of either single units or one tractor pulling ...
Tampa Bay Area Sheriff Deputy Injured in New Year’s Day Crash
According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s office, a Tampa Bay area Sheriff’s Deputy, Darren Hill was seriously injured in a head on crash involving a pickup truck early New Year’s day. The Deputy was able to trigger an emergency signal in his vehicle. He was airlifted to a Tampa hospital where he suffered two broken ...
Compensation in Tampa Bay Cycling Accidents With Semi-Trucks
Bicycling is enjoyed year round here in Tampa Bay by sporting enthusiasts as well as those who use their bicycles to commute to and from work. Despite the many safety precautions that riders take such as wearing helmets, following traffic laws and watching out for other drivers on the roadways, many serious accidents involving cyclists ...
Truck Accident Law Highlighted After Death of Truck Driver
At the end of October, an Orlando truck driver died after he collided with a tree on the side of I-75 in Hernando County. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the driver was not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene of the accident. There were no other injuries or fatalities. While this was ...
Teens Injured Riding in Back of Pickup Truck – Comparative Negligence
On the evening of Halloween, four teens were seriously injured when the pickup truck that they were riding in was in an accident. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the four teenagers were riding in the back of another teen’s Ford F-150 in Palm Harbor when the pickup struck an SUV. As a result of ...
Truck Accident on Selmon Expressway Caused by Negligence
Earlier this month, a flatbed truck accident on Selmon Expressway created a backlog of traffic after a truck driver collided with a barrier. The Tampa Tribune reported that “At 8:30 a.m., as the truck came to rest with its right-side wheels perched atop the barrier at the Kennedy Boulevard exit, cars behind it began to back up. ...
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