Given the sheer size and weight of large commercial trucks, it is vitally important for truck drivers to ensure that their visibility is clear at all times. Not only are truck drivers responsible for complying with required safety standards, they must also constantly operate their vehicle in a safe manner. This includes ensuring that visibility around the truck is always clear, and that the driver considers blind spots before making a lane change or exiting a roadway. 

Similar to automobile crashes caused by poor visibility, truck crashes often occur for the same reasons such as driver inattention or carelessness. When poor visibility combines with truck driver negligence, however, they create a potentially devastating scenario for a serious truck accident, and pose a significant risk to all motorists near the 18-wheeler, semi or tractor-trailer.

A semi truck loaded with freight or cargo can sometimes weight as much as 80,000 pounds. A passenger car, on the other hand, normally weighs around 3,000 pounds. When a tractor-trailer crashes into an automobile, the outcome is normally devastating. As a common cause of truck accidents, poor visibility can lead to serious truck crashes that result in the personal injury or even death of the truck driver and surrounding motorists.

Federal and state laws require that commercial truck drivers perform a pre-trip inspection prior to getting on the road. This crucial pre-trip safety inspection applies to all types of commercial truck operators, including the drivers of:

• Tractor-Trailers, 18-wheelers, Big Rigs, and other over-the-road vehicles;
• Tour Buses, Shuttle Buses, Commercial Buses (e.g. Greyhound);
• Garbage Trucks, Dump Trucks, Cement Trucks, Log Trucks, Gravel Trucks, and other slow-moving trucks;
• Hazardous Materials Carriers (e.g. Tanker Trucks and Chemical Trucks); and/or
• Delivery and Freight Trucks (e.g. FedEx, UPS, and moving vans).

If you have been injured in a truck accident, or if a truck crash took the life of someone you care about, you deserve the representation of an experienced truck accident lawyer who specializes in handling truck accident claims.

In the event that the truck driver, owner operator or the trucking company that owns the semi, tractor-trailer, big rig or 18-wheeler operated his or her vehicle in a negligent manner, they may be accountable for the truck crash and any associated injuries.

LaBovick Law Group’s truck accident attorneys will defend your rights and fight to ensure that you receive the justice you deserve. Our team will also aggressively pursue any compensation you may be entitled to receive. If you have been injured in a truck wreck, call 1-888-777-3884 now or fill out the Contact Us form on the left side of this page.

We help truck accident victims throughout Florida, including Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, and Broward counties, and the cities of Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter, West Palm Beach, Boynton Beach, Stuart, Port St. Lucie, Riviera Beach, North Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Fort Lauderdale and many other areas.