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Although truck drivers undergo training and licensure requirements intended to prevent accidents, truck drivers often fail to practice safe driving techniques. This can ultimately result in significant injuries and death to unsuspecting motorists who are involved in a collision with a semitruck. Common factors that contribute to truck accidents are:

• Truck driver fatigue
• Drug use
• Excessive speed for conditions
• Unfamiliarity with the road
• Lack of road surveilance
• Pressure from the carrier to complete a truck route within an alloted time
• Poorly trained truck drivers
• Inexperienced truck drivers
• Negligent retention and hiring of truck drivers

Truck accidents are more complex than other motor vehicle accidents because they typically involve multiple parties, including the truck driver, truck owner, company leasing the tractor-trailer, etc. Semitrucks are usually owned by large companies with a team of insurance adjusters and lawyers who will work hard to make you liable for the accident even if the accident is not your fault. In some cases, the companies will have several corporate entities set up that will make it difficult for you to bring a claim against a company for damages without the help of an experienced trucking accident attorney.