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While commercial trucking growth is good news for the trucking companies and the nation's economy, it is bad news for the cars, vans and SUVs that share the road with these potentially lethal giants. Truck accidents, including wrecks involving tractor trailers, 18 wheelers, big rigs, semi trucks and dump trucks, are most often caused by:

  • Aggressive drivers
  • Unrealistic schedules
  • Failure to inspect tires, brakes and lights
  • Tailgating
  • Long work-shifts
  • Driver fatigue
  • Cell phone use
  • Failure to install blind spot mirrors
  • Jackknifing
  • Speeding and ignoring reduced truck speed limit

When truck collisions do occur, trucking companies involved in the accident often send representatives to the accident scene. These agents work to handle everything at the scene of the truck accident so that they can limit or mitigate their company's liability. These companies? representatives know that the ideal time to confront an accident victim is immediately following the event. If you have been involved in a truck wreck, contact our experienced Raleigh truck accident lawyers. We can help advise you of your rights and represent your best interests.

  • Every 16 minutes, a person is killed or sustains injuries in accidents involving 18-wheelers, tractor-trailers or semi-trucks
  • Large trucks are more likely to be involved in a fatal multi-vehicle crash than are passenger vehicles.

We will never know how many motorists have been ?lucky? enough to have escaped a catastrophic encounter with a tractor trailer. How many passenger vehicles are confronted daily by aggressive, fatigued truck drivers pulling a 13 hour shift in order to make a professional wage and meet tight deadlines? How many semi trucks on the highway are operating despite failed roadside inspections? Which 18 wheeler truck drivers have cheated on their Hours of Service logbooks? Even with these frightening scenarios and statistics, powerful trucking industry lobbyists continue to call for the weakening of truck safety rules and regulations to reap a higher profit.

Our Raleigh tractor trailer wreck attorneys have tackled powerful trucking companies and their agents to protect the rights of our clients involved in big rig or 'semi? crashes. Ken and Ben's team of trucking collision attorneys has the right combination of in-depth knowledge of trucking industry regulations and expertise in victims? rights to structure the most successful claims for our clients. As our client, we can help you receive monetary compensation for medical costs, lost income, expenses, and the pain and suffering you've endured because of a large truck accident.

If you have been hurt, or a loved one has died, as the result of an accident involving a tractor-trailer, 18 wheeler, big rig, semi truck or other large truck, you need the help of lawyers who have the experience and resources to protect your rights. Do not permanently lose your right to seek damages from those who caused you harm, contact the Raleigh truck accident attorneys at Hardison & Associates today.

Whether we're gathering evidence by preserving driver and truck records, consulting with you on legal strategies, or representing you in negotiations with insurance agents, our lawyers are always working with "Experience, Integrity and Personal Attention" to ensure that you receive the maximum compensation available to help in your recovery.

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What To Do Right After An Accident?

Having an accident can be a very stressful situation whether you are injured or not. However, there are a few things you can do right after an accident to make the ordeal a little less stressful. First, at the scene get as much information as you can about the other party. Get the driver’s name, address, phone number and license plate number. If there are any witnesses that saw the accident and come to check on you, get the witness’s name, address and phone number. Many times witnesses leave before the police arrive. However, if you have this information you can give it to the police officer and she/he can follow-up with the witness if there is a dispute as to what happened in the accident.

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