Tractor-trailer trucks make up just 3 percent of the vehicles on the road, but they are involved in 21 percent of fatal accidents.

Even though drivers of commercial trucks have been required to submit to drug and alcohol testing for the past 15 years, there have been some loopholes in the system that have allowed many of these drug and alcohol users to slip through the cracks and continue to drive.

Trucking companies have a lot of responsibility when it comes to hiring and screening their tractor-trailer truck drivers.

State highways have reduced speed limits for tractor-trailer trucks for a number of reasons.

A human being has limited abilities when it comes to processing information.

Few people ever expect to be injured in a car accident when riding as a passenger in another person’s car.

At a time when drunken-driving deaths are dropping, deaths caused by people driving while impaired by prescription or illegal drugs are increasing.

Many motor vehicle accident injuries are not detected for months or even years after the time of injury.

Anyone can be involved in a car accident, and statistics indicate the chance of a driver being involved in a car crash is not only possible but very likely at some point during one’s lifetime.

Tractor-trailer accidents are among the most deadly of all motor vehicle accidents, whether in the Atlanta metro area or elsewhere throughout Georgia.

There are many precautions taken to protect our children when they are walking to and from school or disembarking the bus at school.

Trucking accidents typically tie up multiple lanes on a highway and may obstruct all lanes of traffic.

A cement truck is an extremely heavy commercial vehicle with a large drum positioned at an upright angle on the rear bed of the vehicle.

There are in excess of six million car accidents per year in the U.S. that claim the lives of over thirty thousand people and result in injury to over three million people.

Regardless of the type of auto accident that a person is involved in, it is almost always safer to remain inside the vehicle.

Many people make the mistake of believing that they can avoid the time and expense of hiring a lawyer by simply making an insurance claim following a collision where there appear to be no serious injuries.

While many people know that trucking accidents frequently result in serious injuries and fatalities, they often are unaware that the legal issues in tractor-trailer lawsuits are unique and complex.

Many people are involved in auto accidents while they are working for their employer.

While motorcycles are a fun, exciting and fuel-efficient mode of transportation, they are also inherently more dangerous than a car, truck or SUV.

Few people would use a dangerous weapon like an explosive device or firearm while distracted and not paying attention.