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Three Truck Facts You Probably Don’t Know about That Affect Your Safety

By | December 8th, 2016

Many people view semi trucks as obstacles that block their view, slow them down when following one, and make lane changing on interstates difficult. However, they deserve respect in the sense that a large dangerous animal would: it can cause great harm. Obviously, truck drivers aren’t out to hurt anyone, but their vehicles are enormous and can’t stop or steer as well as a car. Here are three facts that illustrate how dangerous they really are: A Fully Loaded Truck Weighs 20 Times as Much as Your Car That’s assuming.

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Four Types of Truck Driver Negligence That Endanger the Driving Public

By | December 1st, 2016

Trucks can cause accidents in a variety of ways. However, one common element in many of them is negligence on the part of the driver. Negligence endangers others when someone fails to act as a prudent person would in a specific set of circumstances. Here are four concrete examples of negligent truck driving: Distracted Driving Texting and cell phone use are just two of many ways that the truck driver and take his mind off his driving or his eyes off the road. While some types of trucker distraction are.

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Minimizing Truck Accidents with Deer

By | October 20th, 2016

Deer/truck encounters can occur at any hour. Deer are a danger even in broad daylight because of their skittishness and unpredictability. The hours of dawn and dusk (when they’re most active) and the night hours are the most dangerous to the driving public because of poor visibility. This danger further intensifies in the fall during the deer’s mating season when their activity increases. A devastating type of truck accident involve large semi rigs and deer. Ironically, the most deadly accidents occur when trucks swerve to miss them. While this action sometimes.

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Truck Accidents and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act

By | July 14th, 2016

In an effort to reduce the number of truck accidents, Congress passed the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act in the year 2000. These comprehensive regulations apply to motor carriers and truck drivers that work interstate or are registered with the U.S. Department of Transportation. Similar California regulations apply to truck drivers that do not leave the state of California. The purpose of these regulations is to reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities involving large trucks and buses. People Covered by FMSCA Regulations The regulations cover both motor carriers and the individual drivers, as.

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