Federal regulations require tractor-trailers to have rear underride guards. However, the rules do not currently mandate that they have side underride guards. Even the rear underride guard may fail under certain circumstances, causing a severe crash. Underride truck crashes are perhaps the most severe type of crash, with the highest rate of fatalities and serious injuries.
It takes a fully loaded tractor-trailer roughly 500 feet to come to a complete stop. When a fully loaded truck carrying up to 80,000 pounds of weight is traveling at 55 miles per hour or more, it takes a considerable amount of time for the driver to slow down the vehicle and stop.
After you have been injured in a truck crash, your attorney will conduct a complete investigation of what happened to determine what and who was to blame for the crash. Numerous parties could be responsible for the crash. Most often, the driver and the trucking company are the negligent parties in a potential lawsuit.
Trucking plays a vital role in the American economy, transporting goods nationwide. Interstate 25 (I-25), which runs from Buffalo, Wyoming, to Las Cruces, New Mexico, is a major thoroughfare for tractor-trailers delivering goods to multiple points in between.
Settling personal injury cases is not the best use of “DIY” skills because auto insurance adjusters don’t have to disclose all of this information to you.
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