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This past June, Tracy Morgan was seriously injured in a trucking accident when his limo was rear-ended by a fatigued Wal-Mart truck driver on the New Jersey Turnpike. After leaving the hospital following the collision, comedian Tracy Morgan was moved to a rehabilitation center to continue his recovery. Morgan remained at the rehabilitation center for […]

All drivers are subject to distractions, and, in fact, research indicates that between 25% and 50% of all motor vehicle crashes in America are due to driver distraction. Texting is the most dangerous of all distractions, followed by–surprisingly–rubbernecking. Other common driver distractions, for truckers and all drivers include driver fatigue, fiddling with the radio or […]

On Sunday, May 18th, Tony Alvarez was heading home from his overnight shift as a security guard at a condominium in South Beach. The 29-year-old, who was soon to be married, was turning left onto Northwest 57th street from 7th street in Miami when he was broadsided by a black SUV. The driver of the […]

Each year, thousands of commercial trucking accidents take place. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), 113,775 accidents involved large trucks in 2011 alone. Out of those accidents, 3,661 lives were lost. Often times, catastrophic trucking accidents occur by no fault of the truck driver, but by unseen vehicle […]

Technology has grown enormously over the last 10 years. The cell phone is one of the most popular devices on the market today, especially the smart phone. Smart phones are everywhere these days. We use them to communicate with our family and friends through talking, texting, and face timing. But it doesn’t end there, we […]

With thousands of people involved and injured in commercial trucking accidents each year, it is crucial that the information on the black box be obtained. The black box, or Electronic Control Module (ECM) in a commercial truck is very similar to that of a commercial airliner. It records all information regarding how the truck was […]

A 49-year-old Miramar woman was struck and killed last month when a semi-truck hit her while she was using her electric wheelchair. The deadly trucking accident occurred at 10 p.m. when the driver of a tractor-trailer made a turn to go southbound on University Drive near Miramar Parkway. The truck driver did not see the […]

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, or FMCSA, a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has established guidelines to protect the public from shifting and falling cargo in large trucks. There are thousands of 18-wheelers, big rigs, semi-trucks, and other cargo trucks that drive through Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and across the State of Florida […]