Many times using highways have been shut down due to a tanker truck or at other heavily loaded 18 wheeler rolling over, blocking the roadway and sometimes losing its load.
Generally, a tractor-trailer rollover accident involves centrifugal force which the leaning truck becomes top-heavy and rolls over. Sometimes when the truck leaves the roadway the ditch can be at an angle that leads to a rollover. Other times a heavily loaded truck may roll over on the highway and this is caused by centrifugal force which is accelerated by the truck taking a curve or making a turn at a higher rate of speed than the truck can handle.
The rollover threshold depends on various different factors with lighter trucks (less heavily loaded) being harder to roll over and heavier trucks particularly those with looser suspensions being easier to tip over.
Rollovers will occur when the rollover threshold is met. Most times prior to the tractor-trailer rolling over the truck will skid or slide in a curve rather than rolling over. If you can visualize a racetrack with the race cars sliding through the curves you will get a picture of what generally happens when a vehicle takes a curve at a higher rate of speed than prudent.
Truck drivers typically hit a rollover threshold for their truck without knowing that they were headed for an accident. Reports indicate that often the first thing a truck driver notices before his big rig flips over his the inside wheels lifting off the ground.
Load shift can also contribute to cause a rollover accident in a big rig.
Truck accident lawyers typically look at many factors in a rollover accident to determine the cause of the accident. Driver actions are at the top of the list. The load is also analyzed as is the condition of the truck itself.
If you or loved one have been injured in a truck rollover accident contact the Texas truck accident lawyer Greg Baumgartner for a no obligation case consultation.
