Every year drivers travel thousands of miles on Arkansas roads, including heavy trucks.
18-wheelers are involved in serious collisions approximately every 15 minutes in the nation.
However, big rig truckers have limitations on how long they can drive each day and a strict allotment of on and off-duty hours
Big rig truckers can drive eleven hours, a maximum after ten hours off duty. Fourteen hours, maximum, may be spent on duty.
Big rig truckers have a thirty-minute break, minimum, after eight consecutive hours of driving.
Big rig truckers drive sixty hours in seven days or seventy hours in eight days. There must be a break of thirty-four hours before starting a new set of days.
71 percent of truck accidents are because the trucker was distracted.
23 percent of tractor-trailer accidents were caused by going too fast for existing road conditions.
Driving while fatigued
DWI/DUI/DWI-D
Failure to get maintenance
Tailgating
Inadequate surveillance of the surrounding area
Overloaded vehicles
Untrained drivers
Unfamiliar roads
Amputations
Broken bones
Burns
Concussions
Disfigurement
Hearing or vision loss
Internal organ damage
Lacerations
Loss of limb(s)
Paralysis
Traumatic brain injuries
Spinal cord injuries
People to whom the deceased stood in place of a parent
A surviving spouse, parent, children, or siblings
Persons standing in place of a parent
Personal representative
Your fatal truck accident attorney will work hard to ensure you receive the compensation you are entitled to to help you move forward after a tragic loss.