Houston Truck Accident Lawyer Blog

According to a news report posted online today - there is snow in every state across the country except for Florida. January and semi truck accidents are as common as the flu in winter thanks to poor road conditions and what an inability to handle a vehicle on wet, slushy or icy roads. Consider the following accidents reported across the country over the past several days and you'll agree with me that the average person could probably benefit from a course in winter driving.

Icy roads led to a multi vehicle collision - including several trucks - in St. Louis. Although surprisingly no one was seriously injured - the accident covered 3 lanes of the highway which was closed for hours. The incident occurred at four in the morning - which compounds the problem because the roads tend to ice over at night even if they are only wet during the day.

The East Coast is getting pummeled this winter - and as a result a three vehicle collision between a compact car, dump truck and semi truck ended in the death of the car's driver. Although the accident occurred in broad daylight - road conditions were poor at best and highway driving was nothing short of treacherous.

The West Coast does not seem to be faring any better - and has been hit by storm after storm. Snow falling in the higher elevations attributed to a small pile up on a two lane highway as several vehicles - including a semi truck - lost control on an icy patch of road. Fortunately, again, there were no grave injuries but many drivers were incovenienced when they had to be rerouted.

In my opinion, when the weather turns bad people should turn off their ignitions. Semi truck drivers who think they'll make good time end up making problems for themselves and others. Additionally the trucking safety regulation prohibit driving in hazardous conditions. I have no doubt that those who were involved in the accidents regret their decision to attempt to travel - the better choice would have been to wait out the storm.