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An accident involving a truck can be tragic given the size of the vehicles. Its no wonder that many of the accidents involve fatalities. There are components that impact trucks in methods that do not have an effect on 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 another visitors lane can be a disaster.

Jackknifing is a different hazard limited to tractor trailer trucks. When a truck jackknifes, where the trailer goes in a different path from the tractor, the driver has no control. The result in of the jackknife itself could be beyond the manage of the driver, even 1 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 choose up additional cargo, the a lot more he will earn. Put a different way, the faster he goes and the longer he drives with out stopping implies additional income for him and his loved ones.

The Numbers Tell the Story

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

Completely half of the study involved collisions among huge trucks and passenger vehicles, which the study defined as pickup trucks, passenger cars, SUVs and vans.