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Truck accidents involving violations of federal regulations designed to keep roads safe can have devastating consequences. The “hours of service” (HOS) rules, which state the period that a truck driver can be on the road before taking mandatory breaks, are critical...
Semi-trucks are two-part vehicles: the tractor, the driven portion of the truck, and the trailer, which the tractor pulls and is used to carry cargo. When a semi-truck makes a turn, the trailer doesn’t follow the exact track of the tractor. The wide turns that trucks...
On high-speed roads, like interstates, large commercial vehicles are often subject to lower speed limits than other vehicles. They need to stay in the right lane and maintain a slower speed. Drivers who encounter semi-trucks in traffic may, therefore, wish to pass...
The bigger a motor vehicle is, the more intimidating it may seem to others in traffic. Commercial vehicles tend to cut a much more imposing figure than even the largest passenger vehicles. Semi-trucks, buses and garbage trucks can make people look twice and leave a...
Traffic laws establish the rules of the road and also influence the rights of those harmed by others. For example, after a crash, a violation of traffic laws or a provable form of negligence could put someone at risk of incurring lawsuit via a personal injury lawsuit....
The components on commercial trucks undergo far more wear and tear than the parts on the average passenger vehicle. While you may put a hundred miles on your car a day, a trucker could drive ten times that much. Their vehicles are already bigger and heavier, which...
It seems that over the years, there has been a major focus on reducing accidents caused by those driving under the influence. Although that is a very important issue to tackle in Oklahoma, there is another concern that tends to take a back seat to it: truck drivers...
There are certainly a lot of reasons to be nervous when driving near a semi-truck. These massive rigs oftentimes roar down the highway at excessive speeds, and their weight can make it difficult to come to a safe stop in a reasonable amount of distance. This means...
Accidents between a commercial truck and a passenger vehicle commonly result in catastrophic injuries. Injuries of this caliber can leave a victim with a lifetime of consequences and expenses. There is very little that a passenger vehicle can do to get a favorable...
Most people are, unfortunately, familiar with the sight of car accidents on the side of the roads in Oklahoma. After all, motor vehicle accidents are one of the leading causes of injuries and deaths in America. However, an accident that is caused by a large truck can...