Articles Posted in Tractor-Trailer Accidents

Road Safe America joins the American Trucking Association and other safety minded organizations in advocating for a central clearinghouse to monitor heavy commercial vehicle drivers who test positive for drugs and alcohol. Historically, drivers that test positive for drugs and alcohol hop from state to state and job to job to avoid detection. Our Knoxville…

A petition filed back in 2006 by Road Safe America along with the American Trucking Associations and numerous leading trucking-safety organizations is finally seeing some progress. The petition is asking that speed-limiting devices be set to 68 on heavy commercial vehicles. This is not the first time our Tennessee trucking accident attorneys have reported on…

Tennessee trucking accident lawyers know what an accomplishment it is when a commercial driver makes it 25 years without an accident. And we salute the 180 UPS drivers in Tennessee who have managed to do so. In particular, Stanley Coker of Knoxville and Michael Jenks of Springfield have each driven for UPS for 41 years…

Two people are dead following a Cumberland County, Tennessee tractor-trailer accident, Channel 10 News reported. The crash claimed the life of the 41-year-old Memphis trucker and his 27-year-old passenger, who was in the sleeping cabin at the time of the crash. A Knoxville personal injury lawyer should always be called when a passenger or other…

After years of delay, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has finally proposed requiring data recorders to track hours-of-service for over-the-road truckers in an effort to reduce the risk of trucking accidents in Tennessee and elsewhere. As our Knoxville personal injury lawyers reported late last year on our Tennessee Truck Accident Lawyer Blog, the feds…

A Henderson County, Tennessee trucking accident has claimed the life of a 37-year-old Middle Tennessee woman, the Jackson Sun reported. A Tennessee wrongful death attorney should always be consulted in the wake of a fatal accident involving a semi or other large commercial vehicle. In this case the Sun is reporting the woman crashed into…

The National Safety Council recently reported that motor vehicle deaths for the first 11 months of 2010 are down 4% from the previous year. Most states can lay claim to playing a part in the decrease, but not Tennessee. Motor vehicle deaths have increased in Tennessee. Knoxville personal injury lawyers understand that an increase in…

Our Tennessee tractor trailer accident attorneys are encouraged by the recent introduction of the new Compliance, Safety, and Accountability program by the government. The new program will help improve safety for commercial trucks and buses. The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration launched the Safety Measurement System (SMS) to measure a carrier’s…

TriCities.com is reporting a Unicoi County woman was killed and another seriously injured in a Tennessee tractor-trailer accident that occurred in Washington County. Knoxville injury lawyers will note that the initial investigation blames the driver of the passenger vehicle for crossing the center line into the path of the tractor trailer. However, a thorough investigation…

There is no doubt that prohibiting truck drivers from using hand-held cell phones would reduce the risk of serious or fatal trucking accidents in Knoxville, Maryville and elsewhere in the state. Tennessee trucking accident lawyers know that distraction is a common cause of tractor-trailer accidents. And, too often, the actions of a careless trucker result…