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Tweet The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) limits drivers of commercial tractor-trailers and buses to a certain number of hours behind the wheel each day. Known as Hours of Service, or HOS, rules, these rules require drivers to limit the number of hours they are on the road and, if they’re sleeping in their vehicles en route, to get a minimum numbe [...]

At Breyer Law Offices P.C., we were surprised to hear of an incident involving a USPS truck hitting a woman in a motorized wheelchair on December 22 at about 1:30 p.m., according to a news report published in Fox 10. The accident occurred near 51st Avenue and Indian School Road. Witnesses attempted to lift the semi to free the woman who became trapped underneath it after the truck h [...]

A truck has the capabilities of causing a massive accident because of its force and ability to destroy anything in its path. This is one of the reasons that 17.90% of truck accidents resulted to injuries. But the fatality rate is only at 1.06%. This may be because there is enough reinforcement in the car to protect the drivers and passengers of large vehicles. Although the fatality [...]

Did you know that only 1 percent of fatal truck accidents were DUI-related on the part of the truck driver as compared to other types of fatal crashes? In 2009, out of 45,435 vehicles which were involved in fatal crashes, only 17,902 or 39.4 percent were light trucks (NHTSA-FARS). In Arizona, 395 light trucks were involved in fatal crashes. That is 39.2 percent of the 1,008 vehicles [...]

Did you know that 17,902 light trucks and 3,215 large trucks were involved in fatal truck crashes in the United States in 2009 (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System)? In Arizona, the total number of light and large trucks involved in fatal crashes in 2009 was 395 light trucks and 67 large trucks. Research has shown that only one percent [...]

Tractor-trailers were involved in 3,215 fatal truck accidents across the U.S. in 2009 (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System). While dwarfed in comparison to the number of passenger vehicles involved in fatal crashes (18,350), there are significantly fewer large trucks registered in the U.S. In the west valley last Tuesday, a person was [...]

A Jacksonville man lost his life Saturday, September 25, when his car collided with a semi tractor-trailer in Nassau County. The accident occurred around 3 a.m. on U.S. 301. according to FirstCoastNews.com. James Lee Knotts, 31, was northbound when he began to drift off the road. He crossed the center line and collided with an oncoming tractor-trailer. The Florida Highway Patrol is unsure of what caused this accid [...]

It may sound a little bit self-serving for a law firm that specializes in personal injury law to say that the first thing to do after any serious Arizona trucking accident is to find the best truck accident attorney you can find in the state. We do understand as veteran Arizona injury trial lawyers that far too many lawyers try to pressure potential clients into hiring an attorney [...]

A man driving a pickup truck crashed into a fire engine recently, resulting in the death of the pickup’s driver and injuries to one of the firefighters inside the fire truck, according to an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The driver, an [...]

A common error for those locally who have been in a serious trucking accident is a delay in contacting experienced Phoenix truck accident attorneys. It is understandable, as people who experience a serious injury due to a truck accident generally consider worrying about paperwork as less important than their recovery. Besides which, many are under the impression that there is no rus [...]