{"id":2351,"date":"2011-08-22T15:13:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T15:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/trucking_accidents_and_bad_wea\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T15:46:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T20:46:48","slug":"trucking-accidents-and-bad-wea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/blog\/trucking-accidents-and-bad-wea\/","title":{"rendered":"Trucking Accidents and Bad Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is well known that large tractor-trailer trucks are very difficult to stop even when being operated prudently. Because of the weights on large tractor-trailers<\/a>, if a tractor-trailer needs to suddenly stop for whatever reason, it takes much longer for the truck to stop than it would for the ordinary passenger vehicle. It is for this reason that regulations exist requiring trucks to slow down in inclement weather. Wet roads result in greater stopping distances for large tractor-trailer vehicles and thus, if it is raining, a prudent truck driver should slow his truck down one-third (1\/3) of the normal speed. This is required by regulation and is required by common sense and safety considerations for the motoring public. Regrettably, far too often, truck drivers because of the need to deliver their loads and due to the economic pressures upon them, fail to slow down during inclement weather with the predictable result that accidents, which otherwise could have been avoided, occur with greater frequency.
\nAll drivers regardless of whether they are operating passenger vehicles or tractor-trailer rigs need to slow down in inclement weather, whether it be wet weather, snowy weather or a mixture of sleet and rain. The fact is that such conditions are known to be dangerous to all drivers. Commercial drivers having a special license and being professionally employed to driver large trucks, which are harder to stop, have an extra special duty of care under such circumstances. Regrettably, we have seen first hand here at our firm far too many cases where innocent third parties are seriously injured or killed when truck drivers fail to slow down during inclement weather thus, causing significant carnage on the road when they plow into other cars impacted by their negligence. There is a reason we see signs that say \u201cSpeed Kills.\u201d Speed during inclement weather kills more often thus, the need to slow down and the rationale for the regulations requiring a reduction in speed by one-third (1\/3) of that typically in place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is well known that large tractor-trailer trucks are very difficult to stop even when being operated prudently. Because of the weights on large tractor-trailers, if a tractor-trailer needs to suddenly stop for whatever reason, it takes much longer for the truck to stop than it would for the ordinary passenger vehicle. It is for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-2351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury-wrongful-death","tag-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"\nTrucking Accidents and Bad Weather — Trial Attorney Blog — August 22, 2011<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It is well known that large tractor-trailer trucks are very difficult to stop even when being operated prudently. 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