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Utah’s strategic location in the center of the western United States makes its roadways a vital portion of the trucking industry. Although trucking is crucial to the country’s supply chain, it also means that Utah’s roadways are crowded with large commercial trucks that outweigh standard family cars by as much as 76,000 pounds when...

All traffic accidents are terrifying and painful when they cause injuries, but an accident involving a large commercial truck is uniquely traumatic. Trucks can outweigh cars by as much as 76,000 pounds when fully loaded. If you’ve suffered injuries in a Salt Lake City truck accident, you may already be facing significant distress from...

Large commercial trucks transport goods and services into and out of Utah, playing a critical role in the nation’s supply chain. Unfortunately, they are also immense, difficult to maneuver through traffic, and have large blind spots. For these reasons, both federal and state governments regulate the trucking industry by requiring trucking companies, drivers, freight...

When a large commercial truck has an accident, the sheer size and weight of the truck results in a terrifying accident scene. If a fully loaded 18-wheeler weighing as much as 80,000 pounds is involved in an accident with an average-sized passenger vehicle weighing only 4,000 pounds, the results for the motorists in the...

Most of us take our car tires for granted and rarely consider them until declining tread quality finally captures our attention or we have a flat tire or a blowout. Sudden tire blowouts are frightening and dangerous. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, tire-related crashes caused 664 fatalities in 2020 alone. When tires...

Federal trucking regulations seek to keep motorists safe. They limit the hours that truckers drive, specify how cargo must be secured, and dictate when trucks must be inspected and repaired. Yet, not all aspects of safety are as aggressively regulated as they should be. This is especially true when it comes certain medical conditions...