While any type of collision may have the potential to place the safety of everyone involved in jeopardy, the risks of a disastrous outcome may be even greater when commercial vehicles are involved. When truck drivers exhibit reckless behaviors, nearby drivers may...
All drivers may find that maintaining a safe speed and practicing proper spacing may prove essential to being prepared to respond to changes in traffic patterns. For truck drivers, such measures may be even more essential, as the weight and size of a tractor-trailer...
There are a variety of factors that might impact the severity of a collision, one of which may include the size and weight of the vehicles involved. With less in the way of protective barriers to shield them from danger, motorcycle riders may be at serious risk of...
It can take little more than a moment of drowsiness for disaster to strike while out on Georgia roads. While virtually anyone could succumb to fatigue while driving, studies indicate that there are various reasons for which those who operate commercial vehicles may be...
There are numerous factors that go into the determination of responsible parties in a truck accident case. Between the weight of the truck (up to 80,000 pounds or more) and the products or equipment the truck carries, there is great potential for devastating accidents...
When vehicles collide, accidents and injury happen. Which is why every driver has a responsibility to drive as safely as possible when they enter the roadway. As a truck driver, you operate a vehicle that is much larger than most cars you pass on the road, so it is...
Truck accidents can have a significant, and immediate, impact on those involved. If someone is hurt or killed, their family, as well as the others involved in the incident, all have to live with what happened. Fortunately, many truck crashes are preventable. All...
Industrial trucking traffic in rural areas in Georgia could increase traffic fatalities. A study of trucking accidents in the sparsely populated area of the Bakken Formation where trucks haul large amounts of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing wells to disposal...
Obstructive sleep apnea is one of three types of sleep apnea, the disorder that causes individuals to stop breathing periodically during sleep. OSA happens to be the most common type among truckers, an estimated 35% of whom suffer from sleep apnea. Georgia residents...
Drivers have to share the roads in Georgia with large commercial trucks. Most truck drivers do their jobs responsibly, but terrible accidents can occur when truckers act recklessly. A large study of two-vehicle accidents involving trucks by the Federal Motor Carrier...
