Sharing Colorado Roads With Big Rigs
In just a few short weeks, about 80 percent of the country will celebrate Easter. While this holiday is generally not thought of as one of the busiest travel holidays of the year, USA Today does rank it among the top 10 worst travel periods due to heavier traffic on...
Preventing Underride Accidents
Could side guards on large trucks prevent traffic fatalities? When a large truck is in a crash with another vehicle and the other vehicle slides underneath the truck, it's called a side underride collision. According to crash forensic experts, this type of collision...
Sharing the Road Safely with Large Trucks
Resources for Colorado Drivers on Driving Safely Around Commercial Trucks According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 3,964 people died and 95,000 people were injured in crashes involving large trucks in the U.S. in 2013, and approximately 342,000...
Safety Regulations Guide Both Truckers and Their Employers
Resources for Colorado Drivers on Laws Regulating the Trucking Industry Because of their extreme size and weight, commercial trucks are capable of causing very serious and even fatal injuries in the event of an accident with a smaller passenger vehicle. As a result,...
Causes of Large Truck Accidents
Resources for Colorado Drivers on Avoiding Accidents With Commercial Trucks Collisions involving tractor-trailers and passenger cars often result in very serious injuries, because of the immense differences between the weights and sizes of the vehicles....