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Dec

What Makes Houston Semi-Truck Accidents so Much Worse?

When a semi-truck crashes into a car on a Houston highway, it's often a nightmare scenario brought to life. The impact generates enough power to crush a smaller car’s reinforced metal and shatter its glass. The destruction rarely ends there. A truck’s weight-dri...

Dec

Houston Dump and Garbage Trucks

The large population and number of tourists in the Houston area produce tons of garbage every day. Roads need constant repair, and new roads and new construction zones keep dump trucks busy every day. This means there's a number of large trucks carrying heavy loads all over...

Dec

What About Houston Makes Truck Blind Spots Worse?

Semi-trucks, tractor-trailers, 18-wheelers, whatever you want to call them—if there's one thing we can agree on, it’s that these monsters are huge. A fully loaded truck can weigh 80,000 pounds and extend 72 feet long! To put that in perspective, your average mid...

Dec

Houston Truck Driver Fatigue

The trucking industry provides the backbone of America's shipping infrastructure. Commercial trucks haul nearly 70% of the country’s shipped goods each year. However, the vehicles that provide this service can be especially dangerous to other vehicles on the road. Man...

Dec

Truck Tire Blowout Causes

A tire blowout is when a tire quickly loses air pressure so severely that it “blows” and the driver loses control. Although modern tires are more reliable than ever and blowouts don't happen as much as they used to, they definitely still occur and can quickly cr...

Dec

What Are the Most Common Causes of RV Accidents?

Recreational vehicles (RVs) are a common fixture on the roadways throughout the United States. As the weather becomes warmer, and the summer months approach, these large vehicles will start to become even more prevalent on the road. Nationally, the trend of buying an RV has grown...

Dec

When Concrete Truck Accidents Cause Injuries

Concrete is one of the most commonly used man-made materials in the world, with about ten billion tons being produced for projects around the world each year. In the U.S. alone, about 500 million tons of concrete—two tons each for every man, woman, and child in the country&...

Dec

10 Questions You Should Ask Your Truck Accident Lawyer

By their very nature, accidents come out of nowhere. One minute you're driving down the freeway or sitting at a stoplight, the next minute—boom, you don’t know what hit you. Literally. After an accident, it’s completely normal to feel a wide range of emoti...

Dec

Truck Accident Risks Increase Around the Holidays

The holidays are a busy time for all of us, and that includes truck drivers, too. You probably plan to purchase gifts for your friends and family, but whether you shop online or at the mall, all that merchandise has to come from somewhere. It's not a fleet of reindeer that...

Dec

What to Do with Your First Offer from the Insurance Company After a Truck Accident

The First Truck Accident Settlement Offer Is Not the BestDid you know over 60 percent of all consumer goods are shipped by tractor-trailer across the United States? We contend with large trucks on our roads at all hours of the day and night. Their intimidating presence can make...

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