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Everyone’s familiar with the looming danger posed by a tractor-trailer flying down the highway.
But some of the most horrifically unexpected semi-truck crashes occur when the machines aren’t even moving. An 18-wheeler stopped on the side of the road without any warning to innocent motorists presents a lethal hazard. It’s inviting drivers to slam head-on at highway speed into an immovable object. In fact, the South Carolina Commercial Driver’s License manual, on which truck drivers are tested to earn a trucking license, instruct truckers that innocent drivers can mistake a stopped truck for a moving one if it’s not properly marked.
That’s why federal law, enforced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, mandates warning drivers there’s a stopped semi-truck ahead. Proving your crash resulted from a violation of these laws can enhance your chances for punitive damages. Find out more about this, and get your questions answered in a free*, no pressure strategy session with a Spartanburg, SC tractor trailer accident attorney. Call toll free at (864) 582-0416 or fill out a Get Help Now form.
The regulations require truckers to warn drivers when they stop the truck on the highway or on the roadside unless it’s a necessary traffic stop.
The trucker must take the following steps to provide a safe, legal warning:
Do you have questions about parked or stopped trucks? Contact our Spartanburg truck accident attorneys today by calling (864) 582-0416 or by filling out a contact form here.
Where would the law be without them? The regulations give these exceptions:
Tragic crashes caused by unmarked or improperly marked, stopped 18-wheelers happen for a variety of reasons. Maybe the trucker was just careless. Or maybe he didn’t do the required pre-trip inspection that would’ve shown he didn’t have the proper warning equipment—or that it didn’t work. For faulty equipment, you may be able to hold the trucking company accountable. In fact, there are a number of ways to hold the trucking company accountable, potentially giving you access to additional compensation.
But no matter how bad you’re hurt or how wrong the trucker and trucking company were, you can count on their insurance company to fight you tooth and nail to avoid giving you a proper settlement. And they are very, very good at what they do. It’s nothing for them to hold out to wear you down or look the other way when you shortchange yourself into a cheap settlement because you don’t know any better. Don’t let that happen to you.
Get your questions answered by an experienced professional. Learn more about your case on our trucking page. Fill out our Get Help Now form to get a response from an experienced trucking accident attorney or call us toll-free at (864) 582-0416 to set up a free*, no-pressure strategy session.
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