According to a report from the transportation research group TRIP, about $2.8 trillion in products ship into and out of San Diego each year. These products include imports arriving at the city’s ports and products both going to and coming from the rest of the country via truck. While California’s economy depends on the movement …
While San Diego doesn’t have as much traffic congestion as other parts of southern California, such as Los Angeles, it is still the eighth-largest city in the U.S., with well over a million people, and regularly ranks in the top 50 areas most impacted by traffic. Currently, San Diego residents can expect to lose about …
San Diego is no stranger to tanker truck accidents. A tanker truck headed to the tank farm in Mission Valley takes a corner or a curve too quickly, overturning and spilling fuel on the ground. Environmental damage isn’t the only risk of this scenario. With the presence of sports stadiums in the area—previously the Jack …
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San Diego is home to more than half a million homes and over 85,000 businesses, and the city only expects to grow in the coming decades. All the residents and businesses in San Diego create waste that trash service companies collect regularly. This requires garbage trucks to travel busy arterial roadways and residential roadways in …
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Sharing the road with or doing work near any large construction vehicle can be a harrowing experience. They’re uncommonly large. They often spill their cargo in transit, turning small pebbles into dangerous projectiles that crack windshields and chip paint. And they take a beating in day-to-day use, potentially making them more prone than other vehicles …
San Diego has one of the most fully developed freeway systems in California, with six north-south freeway routes along the Interstate 8 corridor and six east-west freeways on the Interstate 5 corridor. Despite this, drivers in San Diego can expect to waste up to 56 hours a year sitting in traffic congestion resulting from commuters …
What Do I Do After a Rollover Accident in San Diego? Read More »
When a tractor-trailer crashes into your car on a San Diego road, you don’t always have the presence of mind to focus on why. Accidents happen so quickly, injured victims can’t possibly consider all of the potential causes. Police officers, witnesses, vehicle operators, even insurance companies usually accept the usual rationale. The trucker crashed because …
Trucks and semi-trailers often intimidate other drivers along local roads and interstates, as these large vehicles can pose a danger to occupants of other, smaller vehicles. We often think of the sheer size of large trucks and the destruction they can cause, but we may not consider the qualifications of the individuals in charge of …
Unqualified Truck Drivers Endanger Everyone in San Diego Read More »
A head-on truck collision can leave you reeling. You may feel as if the truck came out of nowhere and that you had no time to get out of the way or avoid the accident. Now, you have injuries, possibly severe ones, which may affect you for the rest of your life. What comes next? …
