California Truck Accident Attorneys

The amount of truck traffic on our California highways is evident everyday during rush hour. These large trucks crowd our congested freeways carrying parcels to and from various destinations. Rock trucks, Semi’s, dump trucks, 18-wheelers, and garbage trucks are a few of the many types of trucks we all share the road with on a daily basis. These trucks cause serious injuries or even death when they are involved in an accident with a small or regular size auto or motorcycle. When those accidents and injuries are the result of negligence, as they often are, the law allows victims and their families to seek compensation for their losses.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says large trucks were involved in 12 percent of all traffic fatalities in 2005. Three-quarters of those accidents were collisions with other vehicles in transit. Worse, 76 percent of those fatalities were the deaths of passengers in other vehicles. California alone is responsible for 10,000 non-fatal truck accidents a year and 30% of these California truck accidents involve carriers whose principle place of business is not California.

Proving negligence in your particular personal injury truck accident is something that the attorneys at Bisnar Chase specialize in. California truck accidents are commonly caused by:

• Inadequate driver training
• Truck driver fatigue
• Driver carelessness and negligence
• Alcohol or drug use
• Excessive speed or driving too fast for road conditions
• Poor vehicle maintenance or improper safety equipment
• Tire blowouts
• Aggressive driving behavior by a truck driver
• Improper parcel weight distribution (loading)

Semi-trucks on California highways can weigh well over 5 tons. Whether empty or full, they are large, bulky, and unwieldy. Drivers are also put on unrealistic schedules in many instances and despite the fact that sleep breaks are required under the law, many drivers feel pressure to get their load to the destination faster. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration was formed to help address the growing trend of truck accidents on our nation’s highways and they specifically regulated the number of hours long-haul drivers can work. While the laws they created are in place, it is very hard to enforce them. To this day, the practice of falsifying truck driver hours is an all too common practice in the trucking industry, and driver fatigue remains one of the main reasons for negligent driver behavior.

If you or someone you love has been injured or killed in a truck accident, you're probably looking for answers. An experienced California truck accident attorney can help you decide whether to pursue a claim and get the best possible results in court. The attorneys at Bisnar Chase have recovered tens of millions of dollars for clients in lawsuits stemming from truck accidents that caused deaths or serious injuries. To discuss your truck accident claim in a free, no-obligation consultation call us at 1 (866) 909-6161.