The more big rigs there are on the highways, the greater the chances for a sharp rise in 18-wheeler accidents.<\/p>\n
Despite more and better training, trucking companies are still facing an increase in the number of accidents involving their vehicles. “The media used to be rife with reports about tired truckers losing control of their rigs and causing a massive fatal accident. It seems like these days that it\u2019s not tired truckers that are the problem (although it still remains a crash factor), but prescription drugs,” indicated Jack Zinda, a Texas Super Lawyer’s Rising Star, a partner at the law firm of Heselmeyer Zinda PLLC, Austin.<\/p>\n
Out of the roughly 141,000 big rig crashes a year, roughly 77,000 were directly attributable to the driver, and it wasn’t just because they were asleep at the wheel either. The fact of the matter is that over 26% of the accidents were as a direct result (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The more big rigs there are on the highways, the greater the chances for a sharp rise in 18-wheeler accidents. Despite more and better training, trucking companies are still facing an increase in the number of accidents involving their vehicles.…<\/span><\/p>\n