How might readers best assess the following accident data concerning America’s large and diverse commercial trucking fleet? On the one hand, deaths nationally linked to roadway crashes involving one or more commercial trucks did not increase last year from...
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Should collision warning systems be fast tracked for large trucks?
The writing is clearly on the wall, apparent for all to see.More accurately, its bottom line is prevalent in a study recently released by the research organization Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Here’s the key takeaway in IIHS findings regarding the...
Will this behind-the-wheel trucking change promote or hinder safety?
Many of our readers in Louisiana and elsewhere have likely heard the term "hours of service" (HOS) in reference to the commercial trucking industry.Its thrust is quite simple and premised on public safety. Truck drivers across the country were at one time unburdened...
Fatal truck crashes buck accident trend, rising again during 2019
Roadway accidents involving large trucks in Louisiana and nationally are simply different from crashes featuring smaller passenger vehicles.That’s obvious, right? An 18-wheel rig, tractor trailer or other commercial truck commands dimensions that flatly dwarf...
Trucking safety convention stalls due to viral pandemic
There is no lack of consensus across America’s sprawling commercial trucking industry that something needs to be done to curb accidents involving big rigs and materially promote the public’s safety.Conversely, though that same degree of aligned thinking...
Fatigue among big-rig drivers a pressing public concern
Comparatively speaking, do downside consequences linked with drowsy and outright sleeping drivers in Louisiana and nationally yield starker outcomes than those tied to other dangerous behind-the-wheel behaviors?They almost certainly do, stress the conclusions outlined...
Intractable nemesis in Louisiana, nationally: trucker fatigue
Reasonably prudent drivers both locally and nationally know that unflagging behind-the-wheel vigilance is warranted at all times. We certainly know that the duly cautious motorists in Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and elsewhere that we diligently represent at the...
5 mistakes truckers make that have devastating consequences
No one is a perfect driver; we have all made a mistake or bad decision. Often, we are lucky, and these missteps don't result in any harm. However, that is not always the case, particularly when the person who makes a mistake is operating a massive truck weighing tens...
What is spurring noted upward tick in fatal large truck crashes?
Commercial transportation industry insiders and commentators are questioning why recently released federal crash numbers indicate a notable spike in fatal large truck accidents during 2018 over the preceding year.The focus on what is both figuratively and literally...
What is notably different about accidents involving large trucks?
We submit at the proven personal injury law firm of Simien & Simien (with offices in Baton Rouge and additional locations) that the definitive answer to today’s above blog headline query is eminently short and direct.In a word, it is this: everything....
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