Truck Accidents

Truck accidents are devastating. Cars get run off of the road, sandwiched between multiple trucks and hit at intersections. People suffer serious injuries and many lose their lives. In a lot of these cases, the truck drivers themselves are fine, protected by the sheer...

There's not much more frightening on the road in California than looking in your car's rearview mirror and seeing a huge truck barreling toward you as you wait in traffic. Just in the nick of time, the truck stops. Sigh of relief. Commercial truck drivers must be...

A study by a California-based company that uses video recorders to track the actions of truck drivers has provided eye-opening information about how companies can predict which drivers are more likely to have an accident.The company analyzed the data collected by...

It's hard to imagine anything more frightening on the road that looking in the rearview mirror and seeing a big rig barreling toward you. Or going through an intersection, with a green light, only to find a truck driver didn't obey a red light. In both instances, you...

There is more to truck safety in California and across the country than just being a safe driver.A rig could have the safest driver in the world but if the truck is improperly loaded, a tragedy can occur. An improperly loaded (or overloaded) truck can cause tires and...

Think back a generation to the time when all truckers had for communication and companionship on the road were citizens band and AM radios.Fast forward to present day, and truck drivers have access to all the gadgets other drivers have - plus a few more. They, of...

Trucks are essential to the California economy. Shops would be empty and some people would go hungry if trucks stopped bringing food and consumables to small rural communities and large cities such as San Francisco. The convenience of truck freight sometimes...

Three people were recently injured when a tractor-trailer in Los Angeles came into their car's path of travel, violently striking the car.  The 405 Freeway was closed for a time due to the seriousness of the injuries and damage to the road surface as well.The...

Drivers who have spent time on the highways most likely are familiar with the bumper sticker "Without trucks, America stops." The country would certainly slow down without tractor-trailers.  Much of the retail goods and supplies we use are brought to shops and...

Many people have heard the slogan "without trucks, America stops." This is especially true in California, where every supply line from land, sea and air come together and rely on trucks to get products to their final destinations. Construction and other major...