If you’ve driven for any length of time, you have no doubt experienced sharing the road with a large semi-truck (and often, many trucks). If you’re nervous when driving behind or passing one, you likely have reason to be. Trucks weigh about 20 to 30 times more than typical passenger vehicles. And when a trucking accident occurs, it is rare that the truck driver is in danger. Most often, the victims who are injured and killed are occupants of smaller vehicles.
Truck accidents occur for numerous reasons, but there are some common causes that other drivers should be aware of. We’ll discuss several in today’s post.
