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From GunGame5 Documentation

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 variables that impact trucks in methods that do not impact 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 one more visitors lane can be a disaster.

Jackknifing is a further hazard restricted to tractor trailer trucks. When a truck jackknifes, where the trailer goes in a various path from the tractor, the driver has no control. The trigger of the jackknife itself could be beyond the control of the driver, even 1 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 more cargo, the additional he will earn. Put one other way, the faster he goes and the longer he drives without having stopping means far more cash for him and his family.

The Numbers Tell the Story

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

Fully half of the study involved collisions among large trucks and passenger vehicles, which the study defined as pickup trucks, passenger vehicles, SUVs and vans.