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Commercial vehicle accidents injure thousands of people in Missouri each year, some resulting in life-altering complications. Even highly skilled truck drivers have difficulty operating in heavy traffic or hazardous road conditions. Influences such as fatigue, drugs...
Trucks are a common sight and an intimidating presence on Missouri roadways. The possibility of a truck accident is constantly looming. Often, this is due to speeding, distraction and drowsiness. However, when there is a crash, it might have been due to a problem with...
Truck drivers often carry critical cargo for commerce, and deliveries need to get to their destinations on schedule, but nothing excuses moving violations. Missouri has many rules directed at commercial trucks to promote public safety. Among those laws are regulations...
One of the most devastating types of car crashes is one involving a side collision with a tractor-trailer. These accidents are some of the deadliest, resulting in serious injury or death in nearly every instance. What many people don't realize is that there is...
If there's anything that can reduce how frightening big trucks are on the road, it's the fact that commercial drivers have a lot more training than people with standard driver's licenses. That extra training gives them experience and knowledge that allows them to...
Commercial trucks are not known for their nimble navigation nor for their fuel efficiency. Massive 18-wheelers and semis often take substantially longer to stop than smaller passenger vehicles and require more skill and foresight to safely arrive at their destination....
Sometimes there are terrible events that simply take your breath away. We read recently of an interstate tractor-trailer crash that killed a young mother and her infant twin daughters. The 29-year-old mom and 18-month-old girls were killed when an 18-wheeler slammed...
Passenger vehicles and tractor-trailers travel on the same streets, highways and interstates, but the two vehicle types are completely mismatched. The bottom of an 18-wheeler is higher than the hood of the passenger vehicle, however. When the two collide on a St....
For some of our St. Louis readers, the news that Waymo’s self-driving trucks are returning to the roads will offer hope for the future, while for others the news will be disturbing. Waymo is Google’s self-driving vehicles division, recently announced that...
According to news reports, two people were recently killed in a violent collision on Interstate 44 just south of downtown St. Louis. A spokesperson for the city's fire department said the pair died when their car slammed into the back of a stopped tractor-trailer near...