Truck Accidents

At their most basic levels, large trucks and commercial vehicles are pretty similar to their smaller counterparts. Personal vehicles and big trucks have engines that make them move and wheels on which they roll. They have compartments for drivers and passengers to sit...

When smaller vehicles and large trucks are involved in roadway accidents, it is often the individuals in the smaller automobiles that suffer significant injuries and losses. New Jersey residents familiar with the Bravo show, "Blood, Sweat and Heels," may remember...

Texting and driving is dangerous for any motorist. Though it may not be uncommon for New Jersey drivers to see other individuals flipping through their smart phones as they cruise down the road, individuals who allow their handheld devices to take over their attention...

An improperly-secured load in the bed of flatbed truck is a disaster waiting to happen -- and the nightmare of a lot of drivers. If you've been driving for a while, you've probably encountered at least one pickup truck in your life that was precariously packed.It...

Most people have no idea how much the average truck accident costs in terms of financial losses for those injured or killed. Frankly, the statistics are really dismal to acknowledge: The average victim injured in an accident with a truck will sustain $62,000 worth of...

Increasingly, Christmas cheer is being brought to our doorsteps by deliverymen. The Post Office, for example, expects to handle roughly 750 million packages. Add in what UPS, FedEx and other delivery services are carrying, and that amounts to one thing: a lot of tired...

Would it surprise you to learn that the No. 1 predictor of a fatal trucking accident is simply the number of commercial trucks that are on the road?On one hand, that makes sense; however, it stops making so much sense when you find out that while commercial trucks...

A birthday celebration in New Jersey turned into a deadly accident when the celebrants took to the road after having a few beers at the local bar.Now, the guy who was celebrating his birthday is behind bars, one of his close friends is dead and three others are...

Truck drivers are required to keep track of four major things in their log books: the amount of time they spend off duty, on duty, actually driving and sleeping.Traditionally, the paper sheets either came bound in a book or in loose-leaf form -- and many truckers (and...

It's hard not to be a little apprehensive when you're sharing the road with some big rigs -- if you know anything about them, you know rollovers are always a possibility.That makes it important to understand what puts a truck at greater risk for a rollover -- so that...