Alphabetical Search A-Z

Search alphabetically through our trucker terminology and legal definitions below.

A

  • Accident reconstruction
  • Accident reconstructionist
  • Air brake system
  • Air ride suspension
  • Appeal
  • Anti-lock brake system (ABS)
  • Arbitration
  • Axle

B

  • Backhaul
  • Big rig
  • Blind spot / No zone
  • Black box
  • Bobtail
  • Bridge formula
  • Bulk freight

C

  • Cab
  • Cargo
  • Cargo securement
  • Chassis
  • Claim
  • Class 1-8 trucks
  • Collision
  • Common carrier
  • Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)
  • Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV)
  • Comparative fault
  • Compensatory damages
  • Compliance
  • Container
  • Contract carrier

D

  • Deadhead
  • Department of Transportation (DOT)
  • Deposition
  • Dispatcher
  • Discovery
  • Distracted driving
  • Doubles
  • Drop and hook
  • Dry van
  • Dump truck

E

  • Eighteen Wheeler / 18-Wheeler
  • Electronic control module (ECM)
  • Electronic logging device (ELD)
  • Event data recorder (EDR)
  • Expert witness

F

  • Federal Highway Administration
  • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
  • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR)
  • Fifth wheel
  • Flatbed
  • Fleet
  • Fleet management
  • Forensics
  • Freight
  • Fuel system

G

  • Global Positioning System (GPS)
  • Gross combination weight (GCW)
  • Gross vehicle weight (GVW)
  • Gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR)

H

  • Hazmat (Hazardous materials)
  • Heavy duty trucks
  • Height limit
  • Highway
  • Hours of service

I

  • Impact
  • Independent contractor
  • Inspection
  • Insurance adjuster
  • Interstate
  • Intrastate

J

  • Jackknife

K

  • Kingpin

L

  • Length limit
  • Light duty trucks
  • Load
  • Load shift
  • Logistics
  • Logbook
  • Long haul
  • Lost wages
  • Lowboy

M

  • Mediation
  • Medium duty trucks
  • Medical expenses
  • Merging
  • Momentum
  • Motor carrier

N

  • National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
  • Negligence
  • Negligence per se

O

  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
  • Oversteer
  • Oversize
  • Overweight

P

  • Pain and suffering
  • Payload
  • Permit
  • Personal injury lawyers
  • Photogrammetry
  • Pickup and delivery (P&D)
  • Placard
  • Property damage
  • Punitive damages

R

  • Receiver
  • Reefer (Refrigerated trailer)
  • Relay
  • Respondeat superior
  • Rollover
  • Routes

S

  • Safety rating
  • Semi truck / Semi-truck
  • Semi-trailer
  • Shipper
  • Skidmark
  • Sleeper
  • Straight truck

T

  • Tanker
  • Team drivers
  • Telematics
  • Tie down
  • Tire blowout
  • Tow truck
  • Tractor
  • Tractor-trailer
  • Trailer
  • Transmission
  • Trial
  • Trucking companies
  • Turnpike

U

  • Understeer
  • Underride accident

V

  • Vicarious liability

W

  • Weight limit
  • Width limit

Y

  • Yaw mark