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Although commercial trucks, multi-axle trucks, and tractor semi-trailer vehicles accounted for only 3-4% of all traffic on the roads in Louisiana in 2013, they were involved in nearly 9% of the total fatalities and 3% of all injuries. New Orleans was the site for the second largest number of accidents involving trucks in 2013. Because an accident

Despite the many regulations in place to help reduce accidents, thousands of people are injured or killed in truck accidents each year. Often, truck drivers face financial incentives for delivering their freight on time or ahead of schedule, which may result in speeding, lack of sleep, driving in bad weather, and failure to check equipment properly, the