Category: Truck Accidents
The COVID-19 epidemic has completely changed many things about life as we know it, and business is no exception. One of the most heavily affected areas is the trucking industry. With most entertainment options closed or limited, many Texan consumers have some wiggle room in their budgets. Add the convenience…
Long-held safety measures for truckers are suspended for certain delivery items Since 1938, long-haul truckers have been required to adhere to some form of safety controls regarding a maximum number of driving hours and a minimum level of off-duty hours over a set period of time. The chart below demonstrates…
There is an important distinction to be made between commercial motor vehicles and regular motor vehicles. Commercial motor vehicles, commonly referred to with the acronym of CMV, are those used for the purpose of transporting people or goods for profit. This is in contrast to regular everyday vehicles people use…
Though it might seem impossible and likely is, Texas transportation leaders have set the lofty goal of zero roadway deaths by 2050. If all goes according to pan, roadway deaths in the Lone Star state will be cut in half by 2035. The question is how, exactly, will this remarkable…
Truck tire blowouts have the potential to prove disastrous for the truck driver as well as everyone else in the vicinity of the truck. A truck tire blowout occurs when the structure of the truck tire fails causing rapid deflation of the tire. Blown-out truck tires can make loud cracking…
Everyday tens of thousands of workers across Houston and around Texas go to work in the oil and gas industry. The jobs pay well but there is also risk that goes along with working in the industry, including injury as a result of an oil rig accident. In Oklahoma, Dianna…
A national shortage of truck drivers, especially in Texas where the booming oil industry creates a demand for drivers, could result putting inexperienced truck drivers on the road. A rising economy has outpaced the ability of the trucking industry to find qualified drivers. Exacerbating the problem is a lack of…
An 18 wheeler swerves onto the shoulder of a turnpike, killing a tow truck driver doing his job. Oklahoma trooper declares “no need for this.” An Oklahoma tow truck driver was killed while working to haul a disabled vehicle when an 18 wheeler crashed into him after inexplicably swerving onto…
As technology toward driverless cars advances, driverless 18 wheelers are in development. Does this mean that truck drivers will disappear, and with them, truck accidents in Houston and around Texas? Political tension always exists over regulation to reduce 18 wheeler accidents and other truck accidents. The trucking industry recently sought to…
So many big rig accidents involve driver negligence, so it’s refreshing when a hero steps forward to save a life in an 18 wheeler wreck. Too often it is our sad duty to report on companies whose negligence results in death and mayhem in 18 wheeler accidents. How refreshing, then,…
