Stay Safe Near Semi-Trucks in Hazardous Winter Weather

If you’ve ever driven through a thunderstorm or a winter flurry, you know how drastically weather can affect the roads. Sometimes even the smallest puddle can cause a traffic accident. Truck drivers should be even more careful when driving through bad weather because of the sheer size of their vehicles, and the danger that…

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Strategies Trucking Companies Use to Avoid Paying Crash Victims

After being in an accident, truck crash victims become very busy, very quickly. In addition to the emotional shake-up, there are phone calls to make, insurance claims to file and often huge medical bills to pay. The stress of the aftermath can be overwhelming. On the other side of the coin, the trucking companies…

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Solutions For Underride Crashes

Underride crashes kill more than 200 people in America each year. What is an Underride Crash?  An underride crash occurs when a civilian vehicle crashes into a semi-truck and gets lodged in the space underneath the trailer. The results are often catastrophic, gruesome and deadly. How Can We Prevent Underride Crashes?  The United States…

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The Cost of Settling

How making a deal now can leave you high and dry later A truck hit your car. After taking the immediate steps to ensure everyone’s safety, you begin the long and thorny process of sorting out the damages. If you’ve ever been hit, you know it can be quite a long journey to fair…

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Trucking Industry Lobbying Within The Transportation Industry

The trucking industry spends millions of dollars each year to influence our government. Unfortunately, road safety and precautionary regulations often mean red tape and low profits for trucking companies. So these companies group and donate large sums of money to influence these regulations and make sure the gavel falls their way. The Kansas City…

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