Quick answer Federal law sets a floor, not a ceiling. A carrier hauling ordinary freight between states must carry at least $750,000 in liability coverage, a figure set in 1985 and never raised. Hazardous cargo requires more. Most large carriers...
Quick answer A container truck is usually three pieces of equipment owned by three different companies: the tractor by the drayage carrier, the chassis by an equipment pool, the container by the ocean carrier. When the chassis fails,...
Recent Texas crashes and commercial-vehicle inspection results show what neglected tire maintenance can cost. On Aug. 14, 2026, a westbound tractor-trailer suffered a tire blowout on Interstate 20 in Martin County. According to preliminary...
Before sunrise on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, a pedestrian struck by an 18-wheeler was airlifted to a Fort Worth trauma center. The crash happened around 5:18 a.m. in the 1700 block of Early Boulevard in Early, a small town near Brownwood in...
Most Houston drivers picture the worst truck wrecks on the freeway crawl, the stack on I-45 or the merge onto I-610. But the data tells a different story. In fact, a recent review of more than 530,000 Texas crashes found that rural Texas truck...
Before sunrise on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, an overturned 18-wheeler shut down the eastbound lanes of SH-225 heading to SH-146 near La Porte, forcing drivers onto detours for most of the day. According to the La Porte Office of Emergency...
Late on Sunday, July 26, 2026, a mother and her two young daughters died on eastbound U.S. 80 in Kaufman County when an 18 wheeler crash struck their disabled car and forced it over a bridge railing. The tragedy raises questions that thousands...
Two frightening crashes within roughly 15 hours of each other sent vehicles over the barriers of elevated Houston-area freeways—first a car carrying three women, then an 18-wheeler involved in a multi-vehicle collision. Despite the...
A collision involving an SUV and an 18-wheeler left two people dead and another person injured on the Eastex Freeway in northeast Houston. According to the Houston Police Department, the crash occurred at approximately 4:45 p.m. on Sunday,...
A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper was killed this week in a devastating crash involving a semi-truck in the Texas Panhandle, according to state officials. The crash happened on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, along U.S. Highway 287 near...
