Commercial Vehicle Accidents

Commercial vehicles such as eighteen-wheelers and other large freight carriers share the road with small passenger vehicles, presenting dangers due to their size and maneuverability. Especially on major highways and at higher speeds, seemingly insignificant driving errors that may occur without consequence where small vehicles are concerned can result in a catastrophe when an eighteen-wheeler is involved.

Usually the non-commercial driver cannot accurately gauge the capabilities and requirements of large trucks and commercial vehicles. The non-commercial driver must know limits associated with acceleration, braking, and visibility when it comes to large trucks.

Some common unsafe acts committed by car drivers near large trucks include:

• Driving in the “No-Zones” - the areas behind and beside a commercial truck where the truck driver has limited or zero visibility
• Changing lanes abruptly in front of a truck
• Maneuvering to the right of a truck that is making a right turn.
• Misjudging an approaching truck’s speed at an intersection, and making a left turn in front of the truck.
• Merging improperly into traffic, causing a truck to maneuver or brake quickly.
• Failure to slow down or speed up when a truck begins to change lanes or merge.
• Unsafe passing, particularly passing with insufficient headway.
• Passing a truck, then being blown out of position by air turbulence or cross-wind.
• Pulling into traffic from the roadside in front of a truck without accelerating sufficiently.
• Driving between large trucks.
• Abandoning a vehicle in a travel lane, or failing to get a disabled vehicle completely off the highway and onto the shoulder.

William Muhr, LLP has some of the nation’s finest commercial vehicle accident attorneys in 27 cities. We know how to settle commercial vehicle accident cases to the complete satisfaction of the commercial vehicle accident victim. If you have been involved in a commercial vehicle accident, give us a call at 800-934-4529 for a free consultation with an experienced commercial vehicle accident attorney.

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