{"id":176,"date":"2016-02-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/why-do-big-rig-accidents-happen\/"},"modified":"2017-08-31T18:32:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T22:32:15","slug":"why-do-big-rig-accidents-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/why-do-big-rig-accidents-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do big-rig accidents happen?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Figuring out who was at fault in a car accident can sometimes be challenging. Although the cause of an accident may initially seem clear, an investigation into what happened may reveal more facts that are important to the cause of the accident.<\/p>\n<p>This is often the case with big-rig accidents. Although there are plenty of reasons where passenger vehicle drivers may be at fault, the same goes for the drivers of the truck.<\/p>\n<p>If you are in a passenger vehicle, you typically know that it\u2019s important to closely follow safety procedures when navigating your vehicle near an 18-wheeler. Nonetheless, some drivers still end up making mistakes. A driver may make a left turn in front of a large truck after misjudging their speed. They may merge improperly onto the highway which might make the truck driver hit the brakes suddenly. It can also be really dangerous to drive between large trucks or to drive in their \u201cNo-Zone.\u201d A No-Zone is an area around the truck that the truck driver either cannot see or has very limited visibility.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/why-do-big-rig-accidents-happen\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Why do big-rig accidents happen?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Figuring out who was at fault in a car accident can sometimes be challenging. Although the cause of an accident may initially seem clear, an investigation into what happened may reveal more facts that are important to the cause of the accident. This is often the case with big-rig accidents. Although there are plenty of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-truck-accidents","tag-truck-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why do big-rig accidents happen? &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; February 4, 2016<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Why do big-rig accidents happen? - Truck Accidents - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/why-do-big-rig-accidents-happen\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Why do big-rig accidents happen? 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