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Commercial trucks account for less than 5% of highway vehicles but 12% of all traffic fatalities. More than half of the miles logged by trucks each year are on the highways at high speeds. In some busy corridors, including in Florida, every fourth vehicle is a truck. Sadly, Florida has one of the highest rates of truck accident fatalities in the nation. The vast majority of the deaths are not of the truck driver—they are, sadly, victims in other vehicles involved in the accident.

Because of the size and weight of trucks and the frequently higher speeds, injuries from truck accidents are often more severe than car accidents. Some common severe injuries include:

  • Broken bones and severed limbs
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Commercial trucks are big vehicles. When they cause accidents here in Florida, they are usually serious with significant damage to the people in the other vehicles. The difference between an accident with another car and an accident with a large truck, such as a construction vehicle or a tractor-trailer full of products, is that trucks are usually connected to big companies with big insurance companies behind them. And those companies are experts in limiting or avoiding compensation to injured parties. If you are involved in a truck accident, you will not get the fair compensation you deserve without an experienced personal injury lawyer.

As a lifelong Florida resident and personal injury lawyer, I’ve represented many injured parties who were hurt by a truck. Trucks cannot stop or accelerate as quickly as automobiles; they can’t take tight turns and they swing wide; they sometimes drive over the yellow dividing line in the road; they often go through yellow or red lights, simply because it is easier than stopping a huge load; and frankly, some truck drivers (not all, but some) act like they own the road. Any one of these factors can cause an accident that seriously injures drivers and passengers in smaller, lighter vehicles.

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