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Semi-Truck / Big Rig  Injury Accidents
Oversized loads, exhausted drivers, and unsafe driving are a few common threats that have the potential to cause an truck accident. Hundreds of Californians die every year and thousands more are injured in big rig related accidents. Right now California is the nation’s leader in truck related fatalities and it’s also home to the country’s most dangerous trucking corridor — Interstate 710 in Southern California.

Examples of truck negligence generally fall into two categories: driver error and vehicle maintenance failure. The most common cause of driver error is fatigue, which can cause clouded judgment, drowsiness, and falling asleep at the wheel. Driver error can also be due to inexperience, improper driver training, speed-limit violations and driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (whether prescription or illegal). 

The negligence of improper truck maintenance is most frequently tire or brake related. Almost half of dispatched emergency roadside assistance calls are tire related.  Lastly, not all freeway ramps or traffic patterns are engineered for trucking safety. Not all road and weather conditions are optimal for driving safely.  Truck negligence leads to accidents causing injury, pain, property damage and -- too frequently -- death.

Call us if you have been the victim of a truck collision, big-rig accident, tractor-trailer collision, automobile accident, car wreck or if a loved one has suffered a wrongful death or serious injury.

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