While any motor vehicle accident has the potential to cause serious injury and extensive property damage, collisions involving 18-wheelers and other large commercial vehicles can be particularly devastating. When a large commercial vehicle weighing up to 80,000 pounds hits a smaller passenger vehicle, motorcycle, cyclist, or pedestrian, anyone not inside the truck is at risk […]

Georgia depends on tractor-trailers and other large commercial trucks to ship much of the goods we need, but these vehicles can be incredibly dangerous to other drivers. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) reports that there were 4,415 fatal crashes and another 107,000 crashes in which at least one person was injured in 2018. […]

Consumers in the United States rely heavily on tractor-trailers for distribution. We rely on trucks to deliver nearly three-quarters of all consumer goods. In one recent year, commercial trucking routes accounted for nearly 280 billion miles of travel. Any time you are on the roadways, chances are you will pass a tractor-trailer. While Americans depend […]