Every day, thousands of large trucks and semis travel on Virginia highways and interstates. These vehicles not only are larger than standard vehicles, they weigh considerably more too. In fact, a fully loaded semi can weigh 80,000 pounds, much more than a standard...
People who are on the roadways around semitrucks must ensure that they are driving safely around them. These individuals must ensure that they're avoiding the blind spots since the trucker can't see their vehicle when they're in those. Unfortunately, it's possible to...
There are many injuries that victims can suffer in semitruck crash cases. They range from minor scrapes to catastrophic injuries that might result in a fatality. For these victims, the financial devastation of the crash is often another blow that they didn't think...
Semitruck drivers have to ensure that they're always driving safely. The large and heavy trucks can cause a lot of damage to other vehicles, especially when the trailer is fully loaded. One of the risks that these truckers have is that their rig will rollover. This...
Traveling on the nation's highways shouldn't be an invitation to be involved in a semitruck crash, but these wrecks happen on a daily basis. Unfortunately, victims often face considerable injuries that can lead to financial ruin.There are many damages that are...
Trucks are always driving America's goods to market and delivering other necessary things around the continent. Virginia's place at the crossroads of the U.S. East Coast, with port facilities and large centers of manufacturing, ensures that the highways from I-81 to...
If you're driving up Interstate 81, you may pay a little more attention to the trucks on the road. That makes a lot of sense because collisions with a tractor-trailer or other heavy vehicle almost certainly mean serious damage to a car. Injury or even death are also...
Most of our everyday actions do not come with a lot of risk unless we spend a lot of time climbing cliffs or diving for buried treasure. One thing we do nearly every day that can come with risk is being near trucks and other heavy vehicles.This is because the weight...
We wouldn't be able to buy much at our local grocery stores or clothing shops if it weren't for trucks. The garbage wouldn't be taken away and the oil tanks wouldn't be refilled either. The nation relies on trucking to survive, but that doesn't change the potential...
Lawmakers and environmentalists in Virginia and across the country frequently talk about the concerns behind hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing, which is commonly referred to as fracking, removes oil and gas from rock by injecting water and chemicals into the...
