Distractions come in all shapes and sizes. Truckers and passenger vehicle drivers may be distracted by eating, personal grooming, smoking, or talking on the phone. There are three types of distracted driving. They include manual distractions that involve your hands, cognitive distractions that involve thinking, and visual distractions that occur when a driver takes their […]
Learn More About How Texting While Driving Causes Truck AccidentsOur roadways are filled with commercial trucks that deliver most of the goods that we buy. Since trucks are much larger and heavier than passenger cars, they require awareness and consideration by the other drivers sharing the road. By taking a few simple steps, we can make our city streets and highways a place for […]
Learn More About Four Ways to Prevent Truck AccidentsYour client is rear‐ended by a semi‐truck on the interstate leaving her with millions of dollars in damages. One of your first steps is to determine how much insurance liability coverage the semi‐truck had at the time of the collision. After retaining the client, you discover the semi‐truck had only one‐ million dollars in liability […]
Learn More About Think Outside the Box: Finding Additional Sources of Recovery in Trucking Accident CasesA revolution is coming to San Diego and beyond. Car and tech companies are developing cutting-edge technologies to create fully automated motor vehicles. In theory, these advanced technologies will make the roads in Southern California much safer, but the path to getting there might be littered with missteps.
Learn More About Self-Driving Trucks Invade San DiegoWith the first major rainfall of the season, San Diego area roads are snarled with traffic due to accidents. “We have 25 active crashes happening right now, and I haven’t even gotten through all of them,” commented a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer who was working at the agency’s traffic management center. Three tractor-trailer trucks spun out […]
Learn More About Rainy Weather Leads to Tortilla Spill on the 15It’s a brave new world out there. One of the country’s largest industries is about to be taken over by machines, as automated driving is set to conquer long-haul shipping in the next quarter-century. But is America ready for driverless vehicles on our nation’s highways? That’s a good question with no easy answer.
Learn More About Rise of the (Trucking) MachinesAt Jurewitz Law Group Injury & Accident Lawyers, we are always looking for ways to better our ability to get our clients the justice they deserve. Ross Jurewitz recently took another step towards this goal by joining the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, a legal network and resource center dedicated solely to handling crashes involving […]
Learn More About Ross Jurewitz Joins the Academy of Truck Accident AttorneysIt’s getting closer to that time of year where the astute driver may notice something becoming more and more common on San Diego freeways: commercial trucks. With the massive amount of retail business conducted around the holidays, both in-store and online, there are more trucks on the roads shipping products around the country. This can […]
Learn More About The King Of The Road? Knowledge.Anyone who drives Highway 8 regularly is familiar with having large trucks in the next lane during their commute. We see these big rigs hauling goods so often we almost forget how dangerous they are. According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), there are well over 250,000 accidents involving large trucks each year […]
Learn More About La Mesa Truck Accident CausesThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is continuing to enforce commercial truck and bus safety regulations despite the recent government shutdown, according to a recent report in Landline Magazine. The agency, like many others, has seen some “non-essential” services and functions temporarily shuttered as employees were furloughed due to the shutdown that began October […]
Learn More About Federal Agency Overseeing Truck Safety Continues to Operate – For Now