Traveling along the road with trucks near you may put you on edge when you notice them swerving wildly and struggling to stay on their side of the road. Dealing with a rollover accident can leave you with serious injuries, such as brain damage and spinal cord trauma....
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Truck Accidents
Common commercial trucking violations that can lead to disaster
Highway shipping is an inherently dangerous occupation. Long hours combined with massive, fast-moving semis make a recipe for peril. For this reason, industry standards exist to reduce the number of trucking accidents. Some drivers ignore the laws established by the...
How does the trucking industry contribute to crashes?
The trucking industry has many flaws, just as any other industry does. Unfortunately, some of these flaws can impact the health of a driver, which can turn them into a hazard for other cars on the road. In ways both direct and indirect, the trucking industry...
Why is drowsy driving so bad for truckers?
Drowsy driving is a major problem for drivers across the board, despite the fact that it does not get as much attention as other forms of distracted driving. It creates dangerous situations for the driver engaging in it, as well as everyone else on the road. However,...
Truck drivers and motor vehicle operators contribute to crashes
Accidents involving large trucks often result in serious, and sometimes fatal, injuries. This is often due to the fact that trucks are larger and heavier than other motor vehicles. Truck operator errors are one reason for accidents. However, other drivers are also...
Officers will target speeders during Operation Safe Driver Week
South Carolina truck drivers hate getting speeding tickets, but research shows they reduce traffic-related accidents, injuries and deaths. Due to their effectiveness, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will be focusing on speeding violations during its annual...
Semi-truck accident fatalities on the rise
South Carolina drivers will likely be interested in learning about the effect that large truck crashes are having in the United States. In 2017, 4,102 people were killed in accidents involving large trucks. Seventeen percent of the fatalities were the occupants of the...
Advocacy groups urge Congress to mandate truck safety systems
Road safety advocacy groups in South Carolina and around the country have criticized the Department of Transportation's efforts to introduce rules designed to reduce truck accidents and save lives. They want trucking companies to switch on the speed limiters fitted to...
How truckers can reduce large truck crash deaths
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has reported that there was an increase each year from 2015 to 2017 in the percentage of fatal crashes that involved one or more large trucks. In particular, the percentage of fatal work zone accidents where at least one...
Road Safe America urges use of speed limiters on big rigs
Speed may be the biggest reason why there was an overall increase in large truck crash deaths between 2009 and 2017. Road Safe America has analyzed federal data showing such an increase in all but six states and found that most of the states with the largest increase...