5 Untold Causes of Trucking Accidents and How Your Mesa Accident Lawyer Can Help

Our consumer culture is driving the growth of trucks on our highways. Your chances of being surrounded by huge trucks on your commute to work has increased significantly – as has your risk of injury. The more trucks are on the roads, the higher your risk of having an accident with one, and the higher your risk of injury. If you are injured in a truck accident, it’s important that you talk to a Glendale personal injury lawyer to learn about your rights and to fight for the compensation you deserve.

You may be surprised to learn the causes behind some truck accidents. Learning some of the causes may help you develop defensive driving strategies to avoid an accident or can help you and your attorney properly identify what led to your accident so you can better litigate for compensation. Here are five lesser known causes of truck accidents and how your Mesa accident lawyer can help:

Distraction

Distracted driving can be just as dangerous, if not more so, than drunken driving. Distracted driving can include messing with the radio or CB while driving, reaching for a map, eating, talking to a passenger, talking on the phone, or texting. Any activity that requires a person to take their eyes off the road is considered distracted driving.

All distracted driving can be dangerous. For example, a person traveling 65 mph on a highway can travel the length of a football field while sending a text. Imagine what kind of damage a truck driver can cause traveling that far without looking at the road! If you are in a truck accident and suspect that the driver was distracted, your accident attorney in Mesa can look for evidence such as phone records or eyewitness testimony. The driver isn’t likely to admit to being distracted, so it’s important to get evidence like this.

Fatigue

Truck drivers drive long distances and many hours each day. Even though there are rules that limit how much time they spend on the road, drivers are compelled to put in more hours to make more money or to meet strict deadlines. Some truckers can end up on the road for 12 hours a day.

You may not realize that fatigue is behind your truck accident, but your Mesa personal injury attorney can put together the evidence to uncover it. For example, your attorney can look at driver logs or even GPS data to see how long the driver has been on the road.

Poor Training

Driving a huge truck is not the same as driving a car. The driver has to handle the truck differently and has to develop different driving strategies to be safe, such as providing much more distance for safe stopping.

Typically, a truck driver would be given extensive training before being allowed to get their license or to get behind the wheel of a truck. But not all drivers get this training, and that can lead to big mistakes and big accidents. Your truck accident attorney in Mesa can research the training that a driver received to see if any lack of training might have contributed to the accident.

Poor Maintenance

Trucks should be well-maintained by their owners if they are independent contractors or by the companies for which they work. But profits are often put before people, and companies and independent contractors alike can skip over needed maintenance to save a buck. Neglecting maintenance can cause the truck to break down at inopportune times, causing an accident.

Your Avondale personal injury lawyer can investigate the maintenance records to find out if there has been neglect. The truck itself can also be inspected to learn whether parts had worn down or broken, and that can be tied to holes in the maintenance record to show fault.

Alcohol and Drug Use

Truck drivers may be professionals, but they are prone to alcohol and drug abuse also. Not everyone waits until after hours to indulge, especially when their work and “off” hours tend to merge together. Truck drivers may also take some drugs to stay more alert on the road, but these drugs can have side effects that impair their ability to drive safely.

Your attorney will request arrest records to see if any drug or alcohol tests were performed at the time of the accident, if applicable. If not, your attorney may request that a drug test be taken to see if drugs have been consumed in the last several months. That may not prove that drugs were involved in the accident, but it can be a starting point for a deeper investigation.

Truck accidents can be deadly. It’s important to work with an experienced personal injury attorney serving Mesa after your truck accident to get to the bottom of what caused the accident. Your attorney will find the evidence needed to show liability in the accident. Your attorney will use that evidence to win you the settlement you deserve for all that you have suffered in the accident.

If you have been injured in a truck accident,Mesa Injury Lawyers is ready to help you. Our personal injury lawyers serving Avondale  will investigate the case to find all evidence to help show liability in your accident, as well as to show the extent to which you have suffered. Our personal injury attorneys are committed to helping you get the maximum settlement possible for your accident. Call us in Mesa today to talk with one of our auto accident injury attorneys about your accident and to learn more about your legal options.

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