An accident involving a truck and a car often leaves the driver of the car in chaos. Trucks are very large and carry a lot of momentum, and thus an accident involving a car can be a serious detriment to the car driver. As Texas trucking companies are going to …

According to Statistics Canada, ‘truck driver’ is the most common occupation of Canadian men. More than 250,000 Canadians make their living as truck drivers.
More than 269,000 commercial trucks cross the Manitoba/US border every year, exporting and importing billions of dollars of goods. Eighty percent of goods traded between Manitoba …

1. This time your dog is driving the truck.
 
2. The truck is even bigger this time.
 
3. You’re stuck in your car for hours this time.
 
4. The truck driver is coming back to finish the job.
 
5. You’re driving the truck this time.
 
6. The police think you were driving the truck.
 
7. The …

Trucking accident cases are quite a bit different than automobile accident cases. There are a number of reasons, but the primary reason is that trucks are regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. These regulations are voluminous and technical. This is for good reason. According to the US Department …

The Crash
It’s a typical January morning as Sally leaves her home in Murray and enters I-15 headed for work at a law firm in downtown Salt Lake City. It is 7:30 a.m.
At the same time a large semi loaded with steel windows is approaching from the South. The driver, a …

1. The sight of that truck backing up into your new car.
 
2. The sight of the truck taking off the top of your new car and making it into a convertible.
 
3. The truck dragging what was left of your car with you in it, down the street.
 
4. Hoping the truck …

1. You are surrounded by big rig trucks on the freeway.
 
2. It’s windy and the trucks are swerving with each gust of wind.
 
3. You’re in a small economy car.
 
4. You honk your horn but the sound is swallowed up by the wind.
 
5. You would stop but the nearest exit seems …

1. Not getting out of the way of a truck.
 
2. Avoiding tanker trucks at all cost.
 
3. Driving in the truck lane in heavy fog.
 
4. Tailgating trucks.
 
5. Sitting in the blind spots of trucks.
 
6. Parking yourself in the lane next to a truck that has to merge into your lane.
 
7. Antagonizing …

1. Driving at the normal speed through fog.
 
2. Driving at the normal speed through heavy rain or snow.
 
3. Paying more attention to one’s passenger than to traffic conditions.
 
4. Failing to allow trucks to merge when they need to.
 
5. Tailgating trucks that may have to stop suddenly.
 
6. Not allowing trucks the …

1. Hit such a big truck.
 
2. Seen the load on the truck falling on top of your car.
 
3. Watching your car wedging itself underneath the truck.
 
4. Called the number on the back of the truck just before the accident and said what a good job their driver was doing in …