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An accident involving a truck can be tragic given the size of the vehicles. Its no wonder that several of the accidents involve fatalities. There are factors that impact trucks in approaches that do not influence passenger vehicles. A sudden gust of wind against the hundreds of square feet on the side of a tractor trailer can turn the truck into a sailboat. Even if the truck doesnt flip over, just swerving into an additional traffic lane can be a disaster.

Jackknifing is one more hazard limited to tractor trailer trucks. When a truck jackknifes, exactly where the trailer goes in a various path from the tractor, the driver has no manage. The cause of the jackknife itself could be beyond the manage of the driver, even a single with years of experience. A sudden patch of black ice or an oil spill on the road can turn the truck into an unintended weapon.

Truck drivers are paid to bring goods from point A to point B. The sooner the driver can get back to point A to pick up even more cargo, the a lot more he will earn. Put yet another way, the faster he goes and the longer he drives without stopping means additional revenue for him and his family members.

The Numbers Tell the Story

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the National Highway Targeted traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conducted the Substantial Truck Crash Causation Study (LTCCS). The study covered 120,000 substantial truck crashes from April 2001 to December 2003, and then narrowed the study by a representative sample: every crash involved at least one particular huge truck and resulted in a fatality or injury. In the chart beneath you will see driving too fast for circumstances and fatigue among the elements contributing to accidents.

Completely half of the study involved collisions between sizeable trucks and passenger vehicles, which the study defined as pickup trucks, passenger vehicles, SUVs and vans.