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An accident involving a truck can be tragic given the size of the vehicles. Its no wonder that countless of the accidents involve fatalities. There are elements that impact trucks in methods that do not affect 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 a different traffic lane can be a disaster.

Jackknifing is yet another hazard limited to tractor trailer trucks. When a truck jackknifes, where the trailer goes in a various direction from the tractor, the driver has no control. The lead to of the jackknife itself could be beyond the manage of the driver, even a single with years of knowledge. 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 a lot more cargo, the additional he will earn. Put another way, the faster he goes and the longer he drives with out stopping implies a lot more dollars for him and his family.

The Numbers Tell the Story

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

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