One of my biggest fears on the highway is an eighteen-wheeler crashing into my car with the kids in the back seat. If you've ever seen an eighteen-wheeler overturned on the side of the road or the devastation caused when a truck collides with a passenger car, you know...
Trucking Accidents
Auto Accidents – Motorcycle, Truck, and DUI Accidents
If you are injured because of another driver's negligence, you are entitled to collect damages - regardless of what kind of vehicle either of you was driving. All drivers have a duty to act with the level of care that a reasonable person in a similar situation would...
What is an Electronic Logging Device (ELD)?
Many truckers are not happy about new federal rules that require them to keep track of the hours they work using an electronic-logging device (ELD).The ELD requirement, which went into effect in December, is designed to prevent commercial vehicle accidents by ensuring...
Trucking Accidents – Cargo Spills Can Be Deadly
You should always be extra cautious and a little nervous when sharing the road with commercial trucks. They're much heavier and harder to control than the car or SUV you're driving, and, when they crash, they are far more likely to cause devastating injuries and even...
What Happens When Truck Drivers Falsify Their Logbook?
A truck driver was charged with manslaughter last week after a fatal crash - Oklahoma Highway Patrol officials said that he falsified information in his driver log. The driver didn't notice traffic around him slowing, and his semi crashed into four cars, state...
Truck Accidents in Conway and Myrtle Beach, SC
A teenager was killed Tuesday when her SUV was struck by a tractor-trailer in Conway. A passenger who was removed from the SUV by emergency personnel survived but was in critical condition at a local hospital at the time of the report. The SC Highway Patrol said the...
SC Trucking Accident Attorneys in Myrtle Beach
Accidents involving commercial trucks are different. Big trucks cause more damage, more injuries, and more deaths than any other kind of vehicle.Almost 4,000 people died and 83,000 were injured in the 415,000 trucking accidents reported to police in 2015, according to...
Trucking Accidents and Toxic Spills in SC
A hazmat team is securing a site in Galivants Ferry after a tractor-trailer turned over and leaked fuel, and residents have been warned to stay away from the area. Fortunately, no one has been reported injured. But, what happens when people are hurt because of this...
How Does Negligent Hiring Cause Trucking Accidents?
Car wrecks are bad enough. If you get into a wreck with a commercial van, a flatbed truck, or an 18-wheeler, the damage and injuries can be catastrophic and incredibly costly. The federal government has rules to protect us from the dangers of sharing the roads with...
Commercial Vehicle and Trucking Accidents in SC
We've all been there - you're driving down the road with the kids yelling in the back seat, and another driver turns out in front of you.Hopefully, you avoid the collision, but you still have a moment of terror. It's scary enough if the other driver is in a car like...