Trucking Accidents
All too often, trucking accidents are the cause of many serious and catastrophic injuries on our public roads. As professional drivers, truck operators have an obligation to properly inspect, maintain, and maneuver their vehicles in a reasonable manner. Unfortunately, truck drivers can be prone to inattention - especially while on a "long haul" - and may fail to take adequate precautions to prevent, and avoid serious collisions, sometimes resulting in a "jackknife" accident. Sometimes, truck drivers can exhibit aggressive behavior, using their rigs to tailgate, intimidate, and weave in and out of traffic.
Given the sheer size and weight of trucks on our roads, when driver error occurs resulting in collision, the results are, at very least, serious, to life threatening. Too often, such failures cause the death of other nearby motorists. In fact, every 16 minutes, a person is said to be either injured or killed in a trucking accident, and 98% of the fatalities occur to the individuals in passenger vehicles - cars, motorcycles, vans, often filled with children on their way to, or from, a school activity. Many of these accidents occur in Florida, including the Fort Myers area, and cause Ft. Myers truck accident victims and their families great physical and emotional distress.
Unfortunately, with the statistics of trucking injuries and fatalities on the rise, trucking industry lobbyists continue to strive for weaker truck safety rules and regulations to reap a higher profit increasing the risk of injuries and fatalities to the general public. While trucking revenues reached $610 billion in 2004 and are said to double by 2015, fatal crashes rose by 10% from 1992 to 2002. The majority of trucking accidents are due to driver fatigue, unsafe vehicle operation, and unstable or defective equipment.
Often, when a truck collision occurs, trucking companies will send a representative to the scene of the accident to attempt to attempt to resolve the situation immediately, and reduce the company's liability. Most companies realize that the most opportune time to confront an accident victim is immediately following the accident. In the moments after a traumatizing trucking accident, the victim will need to make important decisions that will affect their future. Usually in a highly emotional and unsettled state from the collision, injured persons involved in an accident are easily pressured into making choices that are not in their best interest, but are in the best interest of the trucking company.
If you have been involved in a trucking accident, you do not have to go through it alone. Fill out the form on the right side of this page, or call our firm immediately at 1-800-64-VILES (1-800-648-4537) to obtain the help of an experienced Fort Myers, Florida trucking accident lawyer. We will be happy to review your situation, and help you make the right choices. We have represented many victims and families of victims of such driver neglect. Let's talk.
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