Truck accidents aren’t like other vehicle crashes. Commercial trucks are larger and heavier than standard passenger vehicles. That means when a tractor-trailer is involved in an accident, the injuries tend to be severe and the chance of fatalities rises dramatically. There were almost 450,000 police-reported crashes involving large trucks in
A Senate subcommittee recently met to discuss lowering the age of truck drivers on U.S. roadways. A bipartisan bill seeks to authorize drivers as young as 18 to get behind the wheel of a commercial truck for interstate trips. Currently, truckers who want to drive across state lines must be