On behalf of Gerber Law | Mar 19, 2020 | Truck Accidents
Perhaps you use a portion of I-75 every day during the week to drive to and from your office, and you share the freeway with 18-wheelers. Some big rigs carry overloaded cargo, which could cause a serious collision. An overloaded truck is hard to spot unless you are...
On behalf of Gerber Law | Mar 17, 2020 | Truck Accidents
Due to spending long hours on the road, driving through the night and other such factors relating to the job, commercial truck operators have a substantial risk of driving while drowsy. Although the largest danger of getting behind the wheel while overly tired may...
On behalf of Gerber Law | Feb 12, 2020 | Truck Accidents
Earlier this month, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that they have commissioned a study into the causes of large tractor-trailer crashes. A spokesperson for the organization announced that they expect their research to yield new...
On behalf of Gerber Law | Feb 6, 2020 | Truck Accidents
Accidents involving large trucks are often in the news. It is not necessarily because they happen more often than accident involving passenger vehicles, but that when a truck is in an accident, it usually causes more serious injuries and consequences. A truck accident...
On behalf of Gerber Law | Dec 6, 2019 | Truck Accidents
Data published by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) shows that some 3,400 motorists died in tractor-trailer accidents in 2010. Those same statistics show that only 20% of all truck-involved crashes, both nonfatal and fatal, could be blamed on the...
On behalf of Gerber Law | Nov 8, 2019 | Truck Accidents
Truck-involved crashes and passenger car ones are markedly different. Cars weigh significantly less and are much smaller than 18-wheelers. This is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of reasons why these two types of motor vehicle accidents may have different end...
