The lack of proper training and inexperience of truck drivers is one of the leading causes of crashes between large trucks and passenger vehicles in California. Before a trucking company hires a truck driver, it has a legal duty to properly screen and train that driver.
Proper screening and training is essential
Drivers of tractor-trailers are in command of vehicles that are over 60 feet long that can weigh over 80,000 pounds. On dry pavement, they require at least 20 percent more stopping distance than passenger vehicles. Given their length and weight, you can only imagine how much more stopping distance a vehicle like that requires on a wet road. When a trucking company doesn't properly screen or train its drivers, and a crash occurs, contact our truck accident attorneys at the Pacific Attorney Group. We'll work with you to have both the driver and the trucking company held accountable.
Common types of large truck crashes
When a gigantic tractor-trailer crashes into a passenger vehicle, it's not at all unusual to see very serious injuries or fatalities. Common sense tells us that the occupants of passenger vehicles are far more likely to be seriously injured or killed in a crash with a semi-trailer than the truck drivers themselves. The accident scenarios might include:
- Jackknifing of a truck and trailer sweeping the road of anything in their way
- Rollovers onto other vehicles or spraying dangerous debris onto the roadway
- Rear-end collisions from failing to maintain a proper interval between vehicles
- Lane change crashes from an inexperienced driver ignoring and not checking blind spots
- Crashes involving weather conditions like rain, snow, ice or fog
The U.S. Department of Transportation governs training and testing of drivers of large trucks. Strict regulations, rules and policies have been implemented by it, and they're all for the safety of you and your family when you're sharing the road with them here in California. Truck drivers who lack mandatory training, testing and experience are far more dangerous than experienced veteran career truck drivers.
When you've retained the best truck accident attorneys in California, you've made a tremendous difference for you and your family. It's nearly impossible for a victim and family of a truck crash to bear the burden and expense of the losses that they're experiencing and will experience in the future. Our truck accident attorneys at the Pacific Attorney Group are experienced, aggressive and successful truck accident lawyers. Call us for a free consultation and case evaluation at 800-358-9617 after any truck accident. Victims of the careless hiring, training or driving of trucking companies and their drivers are eligible for full and fair compensation.