Arizona Truck Accident Lawyers

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Truck Accidents

Collisions involving large trucks pose unique legal problems that require prompt attention to preserve evidence. If you or a loved one has been injured in a truck accident, we can help you. Please contact us promptly.

Special laws regulate trucks that are engaged in "interstate commerce." Many of these laws give motorists protection from carelessness by drivers of big trucks and the companies that employ them.

The sheer size of these trucks makes them especially dangerous to other drivers on the road, and warrants the enactment and enforcement of laws tailored especially to the trucking industry.

Large Trucks Cause More Accidents

Crash data reveal that large trucks are disproportionately responsible for highway fatalities. The death rate for them is more than 50 percent higher than for other vehicles. Furthermore, when they are involved in collisions, the vast majority affect more than one other vehicle.

Many Truck Accidents Are Caused by Driver Fatigue

 Many big rig drivers are known to violate federal regulations limiting the amount of time they can be behind the wheel. These laws, which are intended to reduce the problem of driver fatigue and attendant crashes, were weakened to an extent that exhausted truck drivers are still allowed on the roads.

*Content of O’Steen and Harrison website