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Have you or someone you care about been injured in a commercial truck or 18-Wheeler accident?
The Quenstedt Law Firm specializes in assisting victims of 18 wheeler/Large truck accidents in South Texas.
Texas leads the nation in fatal trucking accidents by a wide margin.
Our state ranked the highest of all states in the number of fatal truck accidents in 2017 and unfortunately, it’s a continued trend.
We had 452 fatal truck/tractor/semi-trailer accidents statewide in 2019, 332 of which happened on rural roads.
Victims of truck accidents in Texas can hold drivers and the companies they work for accountable for recklessness and/or negligence in several ways:
- Economic damages such as lost wages and medical bills
- Non-economic damages such as pain and suffering
- Punitive damages that are set to punish the behavior and deter others from doing the same things, such as drunk drivers and distracted drivers who are texting while driving.
It’s difficult to see any compensatory damages paid unless you have an attorney who is skilled in establishing liability and taking on the trucking and insurance companies.
Common Causes of Truck Accidents
- Drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs
- Lack of rest and sleep
- Inexperienced or poorly trained drivers
- Driving recklessly, including speeding
- Defective parts or design of the truck including tire defects
- Mechanical failures
- Improper vehicle inspections
- Insufficient/improper truck repairs and/or maintenance
- Failure to yield to oncoming traffic
- Distracted driving- food, phones, radio, etc.
- Failure to check blind spots
- Unrealistic quotas
- Overloaded trucks or trailers
- Improperly loaded vehicles causing weight shifts
- Violations of FMCSA or Texas Title 7 regulations
If you have been injured or if you have lost a loved one from being involved in a large truck accident, several entities may be at fault including the:
• Driver of the truck
• Trucking company
• Manufacturer of the truck
• Cargo company who loaded the cargo
So why does Texas have so many large truck accidents?
Trucks meeting safety standards and drivers pushing too hard for too long on the road is a big issue.
Even though trucks are held to additional safety standards by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as well as Title 7 of the Texas Transportation Code. These rules and regulations are put in place to help keep our roads safe from truck accidents. Unfortunately, not everyone obeys the rules.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) “Truckers who reported driving after at least 12 hours since an extended sleep period were 86 percent more likely to crash than drivers who had been awake for less than eight hours. Truckers who reported driving more than five hours without stopping were more than twice as likely to crash as those who drove 1-5 hours.”
“Hours-of-service regulations govern how much time truck drivers can be on the road and when and for how long they need to rest. The current regulations allow up to 11 hours a shift and up to 77 hours over seven days. Driver fatigue is a significant contributor to crashes involving large trucks.”
Safety defects, cargo overloads, and long hours, plus the rise in inexperienced truck drivers in the South Texas oil fields, all contribute to the volume of large trucking accidents in Texas.
Sources:https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/large-trucks, https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/safety-defects-and-long-hours-contribute-to-large-truck-crashes, https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812663
Grant Quenstedt is an experienced motor vehicle injury lawyer who can meet with you and see if you have a case without wasting your time and money.
If you have a case, he’ll aggressively pursue a claim against the negligent and/or careless parties involved.
We care about your recovery and will insist that you focus on getting well while we focus on conducting research, having the hard conversations on your behalf, and forming your case strategy.
Our consultations are free and if we can’t help, we’ll do our best to point you in the right direction.
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Schertz 18-Wheeler Accident Lawyer
Have you or someone you care about been injured in a commercial truck or 18-Wheeler accident?
The Quenstedt Law Firm specializes in assisting victims of 18 wheeler/Large truck accidents in South Texas.
Texas leads the nation in fatal trucking accidents by a wide margin.
Our state ranked the highest of all states in the number of fatal truck accidents in 2017 and unfortunately, it’s a continued trend.
We had 452 fatal truck/tractor/semi-trailer accidents statewide in 2019, 332 of which happened on rural roads.
Victims of truck accidents in Texas can hold drivers and the companies they work for accountable for recklessness and/or negligence in several ways:
Economic damages such as lost wages and medical bills
Non-economic damages such as pain and suffering
Punitive damages that are set to punish the behavior and deter others from doing the same things, such as drunk drivers and distracted drivers who are texting while driving.
However, it’s difficult to see any compensatory damages paid unless you have an attorney who is skilled in establishing liability and taking on the trucking and insurance companies.
Common Causes of Truck Accidents
Drivers under the influence of alcohol or drugs
Lack of rest and sleep
Inexperienced or poorly trained drivers
Driving recklessly, including speeding
Defective parts or design of the truck including tire defects
Mechanical failures
Improper vehicle inspections
Insufficient/improper truck repairs and/or maintenance
Failure to yield to oncoming traffic
Distracted driving- food, phones, radio, etc.
Failure to check blind spots
Unrealistic quotas
Overloaded trucks or trailers
Improperly loaded vehicles causing weight shifts
Violations of FMCSA or Texas Title 7 regulations
If you have been injured or if you have lost a loved one from being involved in a large truck accident, several entities may be at fault:
• Driver of the truck
• Trucking company
• Manufacturer of the truck
• Cargo company who loaded the cargo
So why does Texas have so many large truck accidents?
Trucks meeting safety standards and drivers pushing too hard for too long on the road is a big issue.
Even though trucks are held to additional safety standards by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration as well as Title 7 of the Texas Transportation Code. These rules and regulations are put in place to help keep our roads safe from truck accidents. Unfortunately, not everyone obeys the rules.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) “Truckers who reported driving after at least 12 hours since an extended sleep period were 86 percent more likely to crash than drivers who had been awake for less than eight hours. Truckers who reported driving more than five hours without stopping were more than twice as likely to crash as those who drove 1-5 hours.”
“Hours-of-service regulations govern how much time truck drivers can be on the road and when and for how long they need to rest. The current regulations allow up to 11 hours a shift and up to 77 hours over seven days. Driver fatigue is a significant contributor to crashes involving large trucks.”
Safety defects, cargo overloads, and long hours, plus the rise in inexperienced truck drivers in the South Texas oil fields, all contribute to the volume of large trucking accidents in Texas.
Sources:https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/large-trucks, https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/safety-defects-and-long-hours-contribute-to-large-truck-crashes, https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812663
Grant Quenstedt is an experienced motor vehicle injury lawyer who can meet with you and see if you have a case without wasting your time and money.
If you have a case, he’ll aggressively pursue a claim against the negligent and/or careless parties involved.