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Truck accidents can produce devastating injuries due to the sheer size and weight of commercial vehicles. These injuries often require extensive medical treatment and long-term rehabilitation. Understanding the common injuries that can occur can help raise awareness...
Truck accidents claim thousands of lives and cause hundreds of thousands of injuries each year, and fatigue is often a contributory factor. Most Tennessee truck drivers are paid based on the number of miles they drive rather than the amount of time they spend behind...
Commercial trucks deliver goods and services to the state of Tennessee. While these essential vehicles provide much-needed materials, loading them improperly may result in a serious accident. Cargo securement requirements The Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
Each year in Tennessee and across the nation, there are more truck crashes than ever. Victims of car accidents involving semis may be eligible for three types of compensation. Economic compensation Economic compensation is the easiest for court officials to calculate...
Motor vehicle accidents involving commercial trucks tend to be more serious than other crashes simply because of the size and weight of the trucks. It was reported that there were 475,000 truck accidents during 2016 alone, in Tennessee and across the country. The...
Car accidents are one of the leading causes of accidental fatalities in Tennessee and around the country. They are a menace to the millions of people who commute to work or to recreational activities on a daily basis. As a result, state and federal agencies along with...
If a party is deemed to be at fault for an accident, that party may need to provide compensation to accident victims. Compensation may help to pay medical bills, lost wages or other losses related to the truck operator's negligence. There are many variables that might...
Truck driver fatigue is a huge problem in Tennessee's trucking industry. Fatigued drivers are more likely to get into accidents, which can lead to serious injuries or death. What generally leads to fatigue among truck drivers? The trucking industry is a 24/7...
As staggering as it might sound, statistics show that deaths from semi-truck accidents occur about four times an hour. Surface injuries often happens with these types of collisions: your basic lacerations and bruising. But because of the mass of these oversized loads...
If you are a truck driver and travel through Tennessee, you know that there are certain risks you have to deal with. It will be up to you to do all that you can to keep yourself and other drivers on the road safe. It has been noted that accidents involving large...