Anyone who drives a car understands the notion of a blind spot, which involves areas where a driver cannot use a mirror to see that are adjacent to one’s vehicle. Tractor-trailers like smaller passenger vehicles also have blind spots, but
Tractor-trailers are monstrous in size and mass when compared to a typical passenger vehicle. This basic difference in size and mass means that truck accident victims will often suffer devastating injuries. The magnitude of injuries that characterize a tractor-trailer collision
While all motor vehicle accidents pose a significant risk of causing severe injury, tractor-trailers (e.g. commercial trucks, big-rigs, semi-trucks, 18-wheelers) pose a unique risk due to their mammoth size. A fully loaded tractor-trailer truck may weigh as much as forty
