San Diego Truck Accident Attorney

Retain an Experienced and Effective San Diego Injury attorney who will fight for your legal rights.

Truck accidents can be deadly for motorcycle riders, bicycle riders, and pedestrians.

Motorcycle, bicycle, and pedestrian vs. truck accidents are not the most common incidents but when they do happen, they are usually very serious.

For pedestrians and bicycle riders, the place that truck accident statistics point us to are intersections. Pedestrians, motorcycle riders, and bicycle riders are frequently injured and killed in truck-turning-right accidents.

Truck drivers because of the height of the big rig, and the difficulties associated with driving a semi in congested urban environments like San Diego, often pull left to turn right. Pedestrians and bicycle riders can also get themselves into a dangerous position just by routine activity, not realizing that the truck driver may not be able to see them, or not realize that a truck is turning right when it starts to veer left.

Bicycle Motorcycle v. Truck Accidents

The below picture illustrates that a truck driver has difficulty seeing the motorcycle that is just to the right of the truck driver cab.

This is a dangerous position, and contrary to being next to a car, where this is normally a good and visible position because the driver and motorcycle or bicycle rider are at about the same eye level.

This image also illustrates the motorcyclist's problem of needing to be visible from the truck driver's point of view. Especially in urban environments with a lot going on, the truck driver may not see a motorcycle or bicycle if they come into this position and traffic is moving quickly with a lot of attention demands on the truck driver.

Pedestrian v. Truck Accidents

The pedestrian on the sidewalk and about to enter the crosswalk and intersection is in a normal, but dangerous position. Due to the line of site of the semi truck driver, the pedestrian is difficult to see, if not completely invisible, because the pedestrian is obstructed by the shear size of the semi tractor trailer. Pedestrians are also two way traffic on the sidewalk, and both directions of entering the intersection are actually similarly dangerous because of the truck driver's line of site.

San Diego Truck Accident Attorney

I am an experienced truck accident attorney and I have demonstrated results showing how I fought difficult truck accident cases and was able to recover large settlements for my previous clients.

I offer free consultations and you won't owe me anything until I recover money for you. I handle all my personal injury cases on a contingency fee basis which means that I base my charges for my work on a percentage of your monetary recovery. Contact me so that we can discuss your situation and I can answer all your questions.

LEARN MORE

• About San Diego truck accident attorney.
• Truck driver negligence.
• Trucking company negligence.
• Violations of trucking laws.
• Truck maintenance issues.