5 Reasons to Avoid Large Trucks
If you took driver’s education as a formal class, you may remember being warned to try to avoid semi-trucks and 18-wheelers on the road. These vehicles are quite dangerous. They make up only 4% of registered vehicles but are involved in 11% of accidents, and those accidents are often very serious due to the size and weight of commercial trucks. Consider the following reasons that you may want to avoid large trucks:
- Large trucks outweigh your vehicle drastically. They are often ten times heavier than the average vehicle, and if they have permission to haul overweight loads, they could be twenty-five times heavier than your car.
- Drivers of large trucks are often overworked and exhausted.
- Many large trucks experience braking problems. The braking systems on these vehicles are more complex, and going downhill or having a truck that is loaded improperly can cause problems for the brakes.
- It can be dangerous to drive behind 18-wheelers. They could lose part of their load, kick up road debris, or blow a tire easily.
- Trucks also have significant blind spots, and could quickly change lanes or turn into the path of your car before you have time to react.
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It is best to avoid 18-wheelers and other large trucks on the road as much as possible. Unfortunately, this is not always possible. If you or a loved one were injured in an accident with a large truck, call 800-242-2874 to contact the Wausau truck accident attorneys of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. today.
