While most people are well aware that driving at higher rates of speed typically correspond with more collisions and more severe injuries, the risk posed by a forty ton tractor-trailer combination barreling down the freeway at excessive rates of speed makes this danger exponentially more frightening.

Whether you are a pedestrian run down by an intoxicated driver or a passenger in a vehicle rear-ended by a tractor-trailer, there is a significant risk that those involved in motor vehicle collisions will suffer injuries that cause physical challenges and intense emotions.

Many driver of passenger vehicles like cars, SUVs and pickup trucks have never ridden a motorcycle so they have no more than a passing familiarity with the hazards faced by motorcyclist.

Motor vehicle collisions involving tractor-trailers (semi-trucks, 18-wheelers, big-rigs) frequently involve complex litigation issues.

While public safety experts have lauded the move toward self-driven vehicles, this technology has generally focused on vehicles navigating city streets and highways under routine driving conditions.

If your vehicle suffers serious property damage and/or you suffer injury in a collision when traveling the roads and highways of Georgia, state law requires that a report be filed if the collision results in significant property damage (i.e. $500 or above) or injury to any party involved in the accident.

Our Atlanta tractor-trailer accident attorneys at Montlick Injury Attorneys recognize that collisions involving large trucks typically involve more complex issues than a typical car accident.

When motorists that have been consuming alcohol decide to take the risk of driving their car, innocent vehicle occupants, motorcyclists, bicyclists and pedestrians often experience devastating permanent injuries.

Teen drivers, who are statistically more likely to be involved in a motor vehicle collision than older drivers, also engage in multi-tasking while driving at a higher rate than more experienced drivers.

Although the trucking industry is heavily regulated because of the special danger posed by semi-trucks, the number of people who suffer serious life-changing injuries in commercial trucking accidents is still disproportionately high.

While most Cobb County drivers recognize that cell phone use while driving is hazardous, fewer appreciate the full extent of the danger posed by text messaging.

While trucking accidents constitute one of the most deadly forms of vehicular accident, the industry is closely regulated in order to help reduce the number of crashes involving these massive motor vehicles.

When drivers suffer injury in motor vehicle collisions in Fulton County or any of the counties that comprise the Atlanta metro area, they typically have at least a vague understanding that they may have a right to compensation from the motorist who caused the collision.

When you are involved in a motor vehicle collision that causes serious injury, it is normal to feel as though you have been victimized by the other driver who is alcohol impaired, distracted or otherwise careless.

If you sustained a spinal cord injury in a collision caused by a fatigued truck driver or lost a loved one to a drunken driver, you are understandably overwhelmed with excruciating pain, financial hardships and lots of questions.

During the holiday season, Christmas carolers, church groups, athletes participating in holiday tournaments and others often travel in 15-passenger vans.

The image of an 80,000 pound big-rig rolling toward you on the highway at a speed of sixty miles per hour as the driver fiddles with his cell phone is a terrifying notion.

Those involved in car accidents do not generally admit to engaging in unsafe driving behaviors because they have concerns about criminal and civil liability.

Most people know that teen drivers are statistically more likely to be involved in motor vehicle accidents than other age groups.

The December and New Years holiday are time of year which can be an extremely dangerous time for vehicle occupants, motorcyclists, bicyclists and pedestrians.