Articles Tagged with truck regulations

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