Distracted driving isn’t just risky – it’s deadly. In 2022 alone, 3,275 people lost their lives because of it. And this problem isn’t new. A 2006 study found that 80% of crashes happened when a driver got distracted in the three seconds before impact. For truckers, it’s even worse. A 2009 study found that 71% of large-truck crashes happened when the trucker was doing something besides driving. With Tennessee’s packed highways – like I-24, I-65, and [...]

A delivery truck collision can happen out of nowhere, leaving your car wrecked and your body in pain. Now, you might be staring down a pile of medical bills and wondering what to do next. Delivery truck accidents happen fast, but the aftermath? That can drag on for months. And if you don’t handle things right, you could end up with far less compensation than you actually need. Delivery trucks aren’t like regular cars. They’re bigger, [...]

Nobody expects to get into an accident with a Walmart truck. These trucks are huge, heavy, and take longer to stop than a regular car. If you’re unlucky enough to be in a Walmart truck accident, you’re probably dealing with more than just a dented fender. Maybe you’re hurt. Maybe your car is totaled. Maybe you’re wondering how you’re supposed to fight a company as big as Walmart. The truth is, these cases can get complicated [...]

Some truck accidents happen suddenly and without warning, leaving you with severe injuries that can drastically alter your life. What caused it? Was the driver distracted or simply too tired to be behind the wheel? The truth is that tired truck drivers represent a major risk on the road, with terrible results. But what happens if the driver was exhausted, and the crash could have been avoided? The dangers of fatigued truck drivers Let’s face it: [...]

While they are both dangerous types of motor vehicle accidents, there are several critical differences between car accidents and truck accidents. Those differences can affect how a case proceeds through negotiations or in trial, and they can certainly affect how a treatment plan proceeds for an injured person. Here are seven of the most important differences between a truck accident and a car accident. 1. The injuries can be far worse in a truck accident [...]

A blind spot accident occurs when two vehicles are involved in a crash because one driver was unable to see the other vehicle. Large commercial trucks and 18-wheelers have several large blind spots, meaning that it is very common for truck drivers to fail to see other drivers. Therefore, if you are driving next to, behind, or in front of a semi-truck, you should be aware of the fact that you may be in their blind [...]

People around the United States depend on commercial trucks to provide their products, foods, and other goods. Therefore, big rigs and 18-wheelers are an essential part of American life. These trucks are in charge of transporting necessities across various states and cities to ensure that businesses and individuals receive their daily items. However, with more trucks on the roads in Knoxville and other cities, we are seeing more and more traumatic, devastating, and deadly truck accidents, [...]

Each day, trucks crisscross America’s highways, carrying goods from one location to the next. The drivers behind the wheel provide a crucial service and are often under a tremendous amount of pressure to reach their destination as quickly as possible. This pressure can lead to irresponsible, even reckless, driving that puts everyone on our nation’s roads at increased danger of being involved in an accident. Tennessee’s roads are no exception. In fact, according to a recent [...]

Cult movie Final Destination 2 had a lot of highlights, but it’s most known for how it traumatized its collective audience with its infamous log truck scene. More of us than may want to admit move one lane over whenever they’re driving behind a cargo truck now (especially if the cargo is logs). But horror movie aside, this isn’t that paranoid of a practice. Cargo trucks really are scary. Or, rather, they can be in [...]

Truck drivers don’t have it easy — and you don’t have to tell them that. Sure, there’s probably something soothing about hours on the open road with your own music and no one to judge you for it, but nothing is quite like we imagine it to be. Again, though, truck drivers already know this. They already know about their long hours and heavy loads and hectic schedules taking them away from home, and they (hopefully) [...]

The other side is calling, and you've been involved in an accident with a truck driving company. Understand that in the state of Tennessee, only one party needs to know that a call is being recorded. I can assure you, when you hear these words, "These calls are being recorded for quality assurance purposes," it's not necessarily quality assurance. It's recorded for a business purpose. That is, to preserve any statement that you made that [...]

So you've had an accident, and it may or may not be your fault. Don't always assume that it is your fault, but instead get as much information as is possibly available at the scene, so that you can share that with your attorney in order to reconstruct the accident. A competent attorney will hire an engineering group to reconstruct the accident, and also to determine, if in this case, how fast the offending driver [...]

Being involved in a collision with a truck can leave you a little shocked and bewildered. This isn’t a typical fender bender when your automobile is hit by an oversized vehicle at least 30 times its weight. You have more damage, more physical injuries, and more stress because now you have to deal with commercial insurance carriers, investigative agencies, and complications you never could have imagined. The first pangs of anxiety settle in when you realize [...]

A lot of times claims arise because drivers of large trucks are tired. They've been on the road too long. How do you know if they're tired? How do you know if they've been overworked or exceeded the hours that are permitted? We have abilities to access their electronic logs, and/or in the event that they actually have handwritten logs, those are also required to be maintained by the trucking company and by the driver. [...]

Texting and driving, or any type of distracted driving, causes a large number of accidents. Can you find out whether or not a truck driver was texting or not? With the evolution of modern data systems, it's actually easier than it ever was before, but it does require preservation orders. It requires actions by someone on your behalf to get the information. All of the cellular providers and the networks out there only maintain, or [...]

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently updated its information about its Under 21 Pilot Program. The FMCSA is part of the US Department of Transportation. The FMCSA established a pilot program several years in response to a federal law - Section 5404 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The aim of the pilot program is to examine whether younger drivers, 18 to 21, should be allowed to operate a commercial motor vehicle cross-country [...]

Trucks are dangerous vehicles for many reasons, including their dimensions. The large height, width, and length of trucks make it difficult for small cars and motorcycles to see in front and around them. The extreme dimensions of trucks also make it much more difficult for the truck driver to see other vehicles – because most trucks rely on side mirrors and not rear-view mirrors to navigate through traffic. The most recent federal regulations for the dimensions [...]

Shortly after 6:30 a.m. on May 1, 2017, a semi-trailer, transporting material made from pine trees, rear-ended School Bus 2-H near the Avoca Baseball Field in Bristol, Tennessee. While no one was seriously injured this time (a silver lining), emergency responders sent five high school and middle school-aged students and the truck driver to hospitals for those injuries. Authorities believe that the crash was the semi driver’s fault. News Channel 11 reports that “Police said according [...]

Side underride crashes where a passenger car slams into and then slides under a large, commercial truck can be devastating, and almost always end with a fatality. The trucks sit so high off the road that many smaller passenger vehicles can end up crushed underneath the truck. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration estimates that approximately 200 people are killed every year in commercial truck underride crashes. The solution to this safety problem is one that [...]

When you get into an accident with another car, you could be seriously injured, or you could walk away with no long-term effects. When you are involved in a truck crash with an 18 wheeler, however, your chances of sustaining a life-altering injury are far higher. The sheer size of big-rigs means there could be literally tons of force bearing down on you in a crash. You might not even realize until much later – after [...]

Large commercial trucks were responsible for 3,964 deaths and 95,000 injuries in truck accidents in 2013 according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics. While driver error is the culprit in upwards of 90% of trucking accidents (that is either the driver of the commercial truck or the other vehicle involved), there are other factors that can contribute to truck accidents, and one of those is poor maintenance. Commercial trucks that weigh more than 10,000 pounds [...]