When people need to move large amounts of stuff from one place to another, they may choose to rent a truck to get the job done. With a truck like those that you can rent from U-Haul, Ryder, and other truck rental businesses, you can do tasks like moving the contents of a home or an apartment to another home or apartment, hauling building materials for a big home improvement project home from the store, and much more, without hiring a moving company or a driver. Rental trucks range in size from fairly small to surprisingly large, considering that non-commercial drivers are allowed to operate them. Unfortunately, some of the people who rent trucks are completely unfamiliar with how to safely drive vehicles that are larger than the car that they drive every day.
As you might imagine, inexperienced, careless, or unskilled drivers in rental trucks can cause some serious accidents. One fatal rental truck accident in Pennsylvania was caused by a driver who was very tired because of a prescription medication that they were taking. The driver of the rental truck rear-ended a vehicle that was stopped at a red light, pushing the car over two hundred and fifty feet and killing the driver of the vehicle.
In addition to the dangers posed by rental trucks, rental companies often rent trailers to people who don’t need a big truck. This may appear to be a safer alternative to renting a box truck to an inexperienced driver, but drivers who are not experienced with towing things behind their vehicles may not be able to do so safely. Rental trailers, like any other trailers, can detach from the towing vehicle if they are not connected correctly. Many people who rent trailers do not have previous experience with towing trailers, and they may not connect them to the towing vehicle properly. Also, vehicles handle differently when there is a trailer behind them, and the trailer itself can cause an accident if it sways back and forth with too much force.
Whether a driver rents a truck or a trailer, it can handle poorly if it is overloaded. Unfortunately, there is often a temptation to overload rental trucks and trailers so as to complete a task during an allotted time or reduce the amount of miles that the vehicle travels so that the cost is kept to a minimum.
Barrett Law PLLC: Serving Those Who Have Been Injured in Mississippi Rental Truck Accidents
If you have suffered an injury or a loss due to an accident involving a rental truck or a rented trailer, the Mississippi Automobile Accident Attorneys at Barrett Law PLLC would like to speak with you. You deserve prompt and adequate compensation for the injuries, damages, and losses that you have experienced. Accident claim involving rental trucks can be complicated, because there are likely to be multiple parties involved. We can cut through the confusion and delay to get the results you need. Please call us today, at 1 (800) 707-9577 to schedule an initial consultation.