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The Car Always Loses In A Car Truck Accident

When cars and trucks collide, it is almost always the car which ends up on the short end of the stick. The statistics are daunting: trucks are responsible for only 7% of all vehicle miles driven, yet are involved in 13% of all traffic fatalities. In car truck accidents involving fatalities, 78% of those fatalities were the occupants of the car.

There are many things you, as an automobile driver, can do to avoid getting into a car truck accident with a tractor-trailer or "eighteen-wheeler":

  • Merge carefully in front of trucks so they can clearly see what you're doing
  • As you approach intersections, keep an eye open for trucks approaching the intersection from the other direction and who may be "running the light" or stop sign
  • Don't drive in a truck's "blind spots" - left rear quarter, right front quarter and close behind

Despite doing your best to be safe and responsible, you may indeed become involved in a car truck accident due to the negligence of the truck driver. If so, contact the car truck accident lawyers at Millikan Wright law firm in St. Louis, Mo. They will be able to advise you about all your rights under the law to receive fair and just compensation from the trucking firm and their insurance company.

In a study conducted by the US Dept. of Transportation, truck drivers were at least partially at fault more than 60% of the time in car truck accidents. While there were many causes of these accidents the most frequent were:

  • trucks stopping too quickly
  • trucks side-swiping cars
  • trucks making unsafe turns

If you have been involved in car truck accident like the ones described above (or some other type) and were injured due to the truck driver's bad driving or poor judgment, call the car truck accident attorneys at Millikan Wright today at 314-621-0622 for a free consultation. You have nothing to lose because you pay nothing if we don't receive compensation for your injuries from the trucking company. Call today.