Accidents in the Permian Basin Region of Texas

Accidents in the Permian Basin Region of Texas Study: Over 1,600 Traffic Fatalities In Major Texas Oil Regions in a Single Year The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) recently released a study on crash statistics in Texas’s five primary oil and natural gas producing regions: over 194,000 crashes with 7,422 serious injuries and 1,614 deaths. The personal injury lawyers at Wyatt Law Firm […]

Wild Ride: The Perils of Oilfield Trucking

Wild Ride: The Perils of Oilfield Trucking The Permian Basin is the busiest oil field in the country. This oil field accounts for roughly 40 percent of the United States’ production. In addition, producers drill large amounts of natural gas in the Permian. There are over seven thousand oil fields in this massive area, and new drilling occurs daily. With oil prices […]

What Happens When a UPS Truck Is in an Accident?

What Happens When a UPS Truck Is in an Accident? What happens when a UPS truck is in an accident? Companies like UPS have seen their business skyrocket since people turned to online shopping. Consumers want their purchases delivered to their front door, drastically increasing the demand for UPS’s services. The delivery company has a fleet of more than 134,000 trucks and 127,000 drivers who travel […]

Truck T-Bone Accident Lawyers

Truck T-Bone Accident Lawyers All motor vehicle accidents are inherently scary and concerning. However, T-bone accidents involving trucks can produce some of the most frightening and dangerous injuries. Also called side-impact or broadside accidents, T-bone collisions occur when one vehicle strikes the side of another vehicle head-on. While the sides of most vehicles are much more protected and enforced […]

Drinking and Driving Truck Drivers

Drinking and Driving Truck Drivers Many things on the road are dangerous to motorists, passengers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and all others who share the roadways. Among the most hazardous are semi-trucks and drunk drivers. When you combine the two, the results stand to be disastrous and often prove fatal. Truck drivers and the companies that employ them have a duty to […]

How Important is Black Box Data After a Truck Accident?

How Important is Black Box Data After a Truck Accident? How important is black box data after a truck accident? Semi-trucks and other large commercial trucks are intrinsic to the American way of life, delivering necessary groceries, medicine, clothing, and all kinds of other required goods. If they were to stop making their treks across the nation, everyone will notice pretty quickly. However, semi-trucks also […]

When Is the Trucking Company Liable?

When Is the Trucking Company Liable? What is the trucking company liable? Semi-trucks and other delivery and commercial trucks are crucial to American life.  For more information, reach out to a truck accident lawyer. As beneficial as they can be in our lives, they can also cause significant damage if someone is negligent. In fact, roadway fatalities involving large trucks increased […]

What Is the 30-Minute Break Rule for Truckers?

What Is the 30-Minute Break Rule for Truckers? A leading cause of truck accidents in Texas and the U.S. is driver fatigue. This is not surprising when you think about the job of a truck driver. They spend their days hauling heavy cargo from one destination to another on busy highways and roads. They are often under pressure to deliver the goods on […]

What to Know if You Have Been Involved in a Truck Accident

What to Know if You Have Been Involved in a Truck Accident Car crashes can change your life forever, especially when one involves a commercial truck. Semi-truck accidents result in over 4,000 deaths across the United States each year. That number doesn’t account for the number of people who suffer severe injuries from these accidents. Truck collisions are becoming more prevalent because trucking companies are pushing their […]

Hours of Service Rules for Truck Drivers to Help Prevent Fatigue-Related Accidents

Hours of Service Rules for Truck Drivers to Help Prevent Fatigue-Related Accidents The federal government heavily regulates the trucking industry. Given the danger that trucks pose to all other drivers and passengers on the road, it makes sense that the government should have the ability to prescribe rules that apply to practically every aspect of the trucking industry. One of the most important rules that truck drivers […]

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