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7/7/2010
Jeffrey Meldon
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It's Important to Learn How to Share the Road with Semis - A Heads up from an Ocala Truck Accident Lawyer.

With summer time in full swing and more of us on the Interstates, knowing how to share the road with semi-trailer trucks is an important part of highway safety. Too often, accidents occur between cars and trucks because of poor driving and lack of awareness.

This issue should not be taken lightly. According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, car drivers made mistakes in 70 percent of fatal accidents involving trucks. The 1999 study, The Unsafe Driving Acts of Motorists in the Vicinity of Large Trucks, cited the most common mistakes motorists make while driving near trucks to be: not signaling lane changes, passing abruptly and driving too slow in the fast lane. The study also ranked Florida third for fatal truck accidents (California was #1; Texas was #2).

This news may be shocking to some but as an experienced Ocala truck accident attorney, I have handled many devestating accidents involving large trucks. Most truck drivers walk away without a scratch while motorists suffer severe injuries or death. It is important for all of us to learn how to share the road with trucks.


For more information:

Sharing The Road With Tractor-Trailers: Protect Yourself Now More Than Ever!

3 Tips on How to Share the Road With Trucks From An Ocala Truck Accident Attorney

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I am local Accident Attorney, Jeffrey Meldon, and I strongly believe that public education is the first step in the prevention of and/or recovery from a serious accident. 

My Office and I take pride in our work, and the results we get for our clients.  

The Law Office of Jeffrey Meldon and Associates is a regional law firm that is located in Gainesville, Florida. We are personal injury lawyers, litigators and trial lawyers that have been working to get accident victims the justice they deserve for over 37 years throughout North Florida and all over Florida. Accidents involving a car crash, truck wreck, and motorcycle, bicycle, or pedestrian accidents, dog bites, slip and falls and medical malpractice are all included in their practice as accident attorneys.

We have been proudly representing injured accident victims in Gainesville, Ocala, Lake City, Inverness, Daytona Beach, Dunnellon, Palatka, The Villages, and Alachua County, Marion County, Columbia County, Citrus County, Volusia County, Sumter County, Putnam County  and the entire North and Central Florida since 1971.

For more information on how we can help you, or with any other question you may have, feel free to contact my Office at 1 800 373 8000.




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