Truck Accident Attorney

What is a truck accident attorney and how do you know if you need one? A truck accident is of course an accident involving a truck and a smaller motor vehicle, such as an automobile or motorcycle. Trucks also can have accidents with each other, but they are then hitting something that is their own size and the injuries are not usually as devastating. The trucks that we refer to here are the so called "big rigs", the eighteen wheel or large behemoths that populate our highways. Most drivers of smaller vehicles tend to let the commercial trucks have their way on the road even if their way is not always safe. If an automobile, small truck or motorcycle is involved in an accident with one of these large trucks the people in the small vehicle will probably be seriously injured or even killed.

One thing that a truck accident attorney should be able to tell you is what the cause of accidents between commercial trucks and small vehicles are. Truck drivers have a very tough job, they have to transport goods from one place to another as quickly as possible and as economically as possible. Gas prices are rising and manufacturers are cutting back on their fleets. Some work is now given to independents that may cut corners in order to keep up with their business. These corners may be taking stimulants to remain awake, either legal or other types and carrying too much weight for the truck. States have cut back on their weigh stations in order to balance budgets and so heavier trucks can get by. A weight shift in a large 18 wheel truck can cause a skid or jackknife of the truck which will most certainly involve other vehicles on the highway at the time that it occurs.

Truck drivers do drive impaired perhaps more times than drivers of other vehicles, trying to make up their schedules or due to some other problem. Picturing a drunk or impaired driver in an automobile is scary enough, but in a "big rig" it is beyond frightening. A truck accident attorney will help you or your family members determine who is at fault for the accident. If it is the truck driver, he may not be the only one you can sue. You might have action against the trucking company, the manufacturing company and others that your attorney will work with you to discover. If you are looking for an excellent attorney to help you with this type of accident or any other call Attorney Robert A. Brenner at 800-669-7700.

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