Truck Accident
Los Angeles Truck Accident Attorneys
Lawyers Helping Injured Trucking Accident Victims
Trucks of all functions and sizes comprise a significant percentage of traffic on California roads. These trucks range from 18-wheelers to delivery trucks, all of which are responsible for transporting huge quantities at one time. They are often large and cumbersome, some weighing thousands of pounds. Their large size and extreme weight make them prone to accidents, some of these resulting in severe injuries or even death.
Some of the most common causes of trucking accidents in Los Angeles are:
- Inadequate driver training and experience
- Aggressive driving (swerving, overtaking, etc.)
- Unrealistic driving schedules
- Failure to properly maintain trucks (tires, brakes, lights, etc.)
- Tailgating
- Driver fatigue
- Mobile phone use
- Failure to install blind spot mirrors
- Jackknifing
- Unstable or oversized truck loads
- Negligence concerning dangerous road and weather conditions
- Failure to observe traffic safety guidelines
Large trucks should only be operated by skilled and experienced drivers in order to avoid them falling into any accidents. In Los Angeles, truck drivers who work for large corporations must hold a commercial driver’s license and must have undergone professional training on how to safely operate such vehicles. Regulations also exist for truck drivers; these pose a restriction on the number of straight hours that drivers may drive. This is provided as a prevention against accidents that may occur due to the negligence of fatigued truck drivers. Unfortunately, many of these regulations are simply ignored by truck drivers. They must therefore be held liable for any accidents that may occur on account of their negligence.
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