Sadly, there are some commercial trucking companies that have little respect for the law and choose to break it over and over again. To see if the company who operates the truck that hit you had a history of violations, go to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to look up the trucking company responsible for your 18-wheeler wreck.

When a trucking company ignores the federal regulations that control hiring procedures, load securement, truck maintenance and many other things, that trucking company is negligent and should be held accountable in the court of law. Read more about 18-wheeler companies notorious for breaking the law in this article.