Blog Posts in June, 2019

Safety Tips for Vehicle Maintenance

For any driver on the road, it’s extremely important to make safety a priority. As such, there are certain things that should be done and parts of a vehicle that should be checked often to ensure everything is in working order. These vehicle maintenance safety tips can help you avoid a potential collision. When individuals fail to properly maintain their vehicle, it can lead to accidents, and the ...

Looking Beyond the Truck Driver for Liability

Most trucks are commercial vehicles, which makes determining liability in a trucking accident more complex than in a passenger car accident. Multiple parties can be involved in the loading, maintaining, transporting, and hiring of the trucks and its cargo. This includes the trucking company, the truck’s manufacturer or mechanic, the cargo loaders, and more. Therefore, parties other than the driver ...

The Trucking Industry: What Regulations Exist and Why?

Imagine a scenario in which you’re driving along a highway in inclement weather. Suddenly, a large commercial truck ahead of you pulling multiple trailers loses control on the wet roadway. The rear trailer slips to the left and the truck collides with the divider. The rear trailer overturns, causing a massive roadblock across all lanes and the shoulder. More vehicles—commercial and ...