Since 2009, crashes involving semi trucks and other large vehicles have increased by nearly a third. In 2018, 4,136 people died in crashes involving big rigs - 119 of those fatalities resulted from trucks rear-ending passenger cars. A new study from the Insurance...
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What commonly causes jackknifing accidents?
While many industries rely on big rigs to transport products across Texas and across the United States, trucking accidents can be catastrophic or deadly for other drivers. One particularly dangerous accident is jackknifing, when a trailer skids or swerves to the side...
Avoid the common mistakes to prevent accidents with big trucks
Unfortunately, drivers of passenger vehicles play a large part in accidents involving large trucks. Driving safely around large trucks is an important component when it comes to avoiding accidents. A large percentage of accidents with large trucks end fatally due to...
Avoiding distractions: Five tips truckers must remember
While driving distractions continue to be a problem for everyone operating all manner of motor vehicles, the severity of potential injuries significantly increases when a truck is involved. Due to their greater mass, trucks are more likely to demolish smaller vehicles...
Breaking trucking rules could shorten the long road to recovery
Houston gets more than its fair share of trucks passing through on I-10 every day, and most make it through without incident. But when things go bad with a big rig, the situation can quickly turn deadly. Large trucks accidents were responsible for over 4,000...
The dangers of “underride” accidents involving large trucks
When looking at the sheer size and weight of an 18-wheeler, it is easy to see why in an accident, the semi-truck usually “wins.” In an accident involving these large vehicles, the truck often sustains little damage while the other vehicles involved are...
Some of the most traveled commercial truck routes cross Texas
Just because Texas sits on the southern border of the United States doesn't mean that it sees limited interstate commercial travel. In many ways, Texas is actually a transportation hub for the rest of the country.There are routes that travel both east and west out of...
Big rig safety tips for bad weather
Winter is not even here yet, and already Texas drivers have faced several winter storm hazards. But perhaps the greatest challenges are for semitruck drivers who have to navigate their big rigs through snow and ice.Truck drivers who get in accidents imperil other...
A day-in-the-life of a long-haul trucker
A few years ago, the British publication The Guardian published an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) interview with an over-the-road truck driver in the United States as part of their "A day's work" series.Below are some of his observations about the trucking lifestyle that our...
Can semitrucks travel in the left lane in Texas?
You're headed down I-10 and wind up stuck behind a semitruck riding in the left lane. With nothing to see but the rear of the big rig's bumper, your drive quickly becomes monotonous.You want to pass, but there's no room. You wonder whether the trucker will ever move...
