By Jan K. Seigel | Published May 20, 2013 | Posted in Truck Accidents | Tagged Tags: Truck accident | Leave a comment
Imagine explaining to your insurance company that a garbage truck suddenly jumped the curb, tore through a neighbors lawn, crashed through a light post and plowed into your East Hanover home. After which, the exhaust from the truck set your house on fire, thus causing more than $100,000 in damage. As improbable as the crash Read More
Read MoreWhen an 18-wheeler is involved in a collision with a passenger vehicle, often serious injuries will result. Because of the difference in the size of the vehicles involved in trucking accidents, motorists on New Jersey’s busy roads know to exercise extra care when traveling near tractor-trailers. Due to the severity of consequences in many trucking Read More
Read MoreThere are many regulations in place for commercial drivers. Because of the size of the vehicles that they are driving, safety is a top priority. Each year it seems more rules are put in place to further try to reduce the number of deadly truck accidents that are happening on roadways. Drivers and companies that Read More
Read MoreThere have been a lot of recent efforts that have focused on making the trucking industry safer for other motorists. Once a year, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) sponsors “Roadcheck,” a three-day program run nationwide that is designed to reduce the number of trucking accidents happening on roadways. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Read More
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