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The sheer size of tractor trailers puts passenger cars at a serious disadvantage. They go by many names: big rigs, 18-wheelers, tractor trailers, and the colossal double trucks. These highway behemoths can weigh over 80,000 pounds. When something that size collides with an automobile, the injuries to the occupants can be devastating. And deadly.
In addition, there are sections of the Vehicle Code applicable to trucking companies and commercial truck drivers, as well as training and licensing requirements specific for truck drivers making their defense in truck accident cases more difficult and, therefore, better for plaintiffs. Truck accidents are commonly caused by the following:
•Collisions that occur head-on, broadside, and rear-end
•Collisions due to lane change
•Center lane crossover
•Trucks that jack-knife
•Loss of control of vehicle
•Hit-and-run accidents
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