Category: After the Crash

The holiday season is upon us, which means it’s time for a fun yet stressful frenzy: buying gifts. Buying presents for loved ones can be a challenge. If you’re looking for stocking stuffers for your spouse or teenager, we have some recommendations. Especially if your child is a new driver,…

Driver impairment causes deadly wrecks every day. As of November 18, 2024, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is further restricting commercial vehicle drivers who have drug and alcohol violations. Truckers with a “prohibited” Clearinghouse status will lose their commercial driver’s licenses and must complete a return-to-duty process to re-earn…

Once the chaos of a wreck subsides, once the sirens fade and traffic resumes, victims are faced with the aftermath. They have just lost a loved one, sustained serious injuries, experienced life-altering trauma. What Happens After a Truck Accident? Most victims ask this question. Where do we go from here?…

Everyone’s in a hurry these days. At least, it can feel that way, especially when speeding and road rage are at an all-time high. The rules of the road can become blurred amid all the rushing. Take turning right on red, for instance. It’s often permitted, but never required, yet…

Next time you’re on a highway or interstate, take a look around you. There’s likely a semi (or several) nearby. To the average car driver, they all look the same. There’s no way to know which trucks belong to shady companies — companies that sweep safety violations under the rug…

What happens when a semi-truck driver can’t read or speak English? It’s required for a Commercial Driver’s License, but hundreds of truckers without a sufficient understanding of English cross the roads each day. This causes dangerous and potentially deadly situations. If you couldn’t read signs along the interstate, you would…

Each year, more than 10,000 people are injured in accidents caused by road debris. About 100 die. The debris could be lying in the middle of the lane or could come flying toward vehicles without warning. It could be a chunk of rubber or steel, a huge pipe, or even…

Personal Injury Case Analysis: Over the past 35+ years, I have handled numerous cases involving dump trucks. In fact, the very first truck accident case I was hired to handle involved a dump truck hauling gravel on U.S. Highway 31 in Hamilton County, Indiana. The truck left the roadway, went…

Drivers today are too comfortable pulling over and stopping on the shoulder or median. Most of them likely don’t consider the danger they are putting themselves and others in by doing so. Pulling off the road should be a last resort, reserved for emergencies. Parking on the shoulder while dozens…

Try to guess the main cause of stress for truck drivers. There are plenty of options: reckless driving, dangerous weather, long hours. But none of these is the answer. Parking is the number one stressor reported by 85% of large commercial motor vehicle drivers, according to FreightWaves. It’s also a…