Driving close to trucks can be nerve-wracking for many drivers of smaller vehicles. Their height can block our view and confuse our sense of depth perception. When two trucks surround a smaller car on the highway, they can create wind tunnels. Knowing that a large 18-wheeler may not be able to brake as quickly as a smaller car may keep us extra vigilant when driving in front of them, and when we lag behind them, we may worry about being in their blind spot.Yet none of these s

A car accident in the Tampa area on Jan. 28 is yet another demonstration of how destructive a semi truck can be when it collides with a passenger vehicle. A woman was put in critical condition, and her son was injured, along with another teenage passenger, by this violent crash.There are few details so far about what happened, but we will share what WTVT-TV has reported. It appears that the woman was driving her son and his female classmate, both 15, to school. To get there,

Vehicles of all sizes share the roads here in Florida, moving people and cargo from place to place. Unfortunately, it is a fact of life that preventable accidents occur each day involving all types of vehicles, including semi-trailers. Basic laws of physics tell us that when such large objects forcibly make contact with smaller ones, the damage can be great.Sadly, two Floridians recently discovered how true this can be following a morning accident involving a tractor-trailer.