Tips To Avoid Truck Accidents Every day, families share the same roads and highways with trucks. To minimize the number of truck accidents, everyone must do their part and behave responsibly while driving.
Focus on the Road Highway driving can be exhausting, especially for truck drivers who must spend so much of their time doing nothing but driving. However, no driver should do anything that takes their mind, hands, or eyes off the road. This includes things like texting, eating, and drinking. If you start to feel tired or need to respond to urgent text messages, find a safe place to pull over to avoid a potentially dangerous situation.
Leave Plenty of Space Between You and the Truck Avoid standing too close to a truck because it puts you at risk of tyre blowouts, which tear off tyre remnants from the truck and can hit your windshield. Maintain a safe distance behind a truck to avoid sliding under it if it comes to a sudden stop or being crushed if the truck rolls backward.
Avoid Blind Spots While every vehicle has a blind spot in which the driver cannot see specific areas, the physical size of a truck results in larger blind spots than passenger cars. Take care not to drive in the "No Zones" that are commonly found in front and behind the truck.
Anticipate Wide Turns A truck needs much room to maneuver and turn. Avoid following too closely and leave trucks plenty of space to make wide turns at intersections and never try squeezing between a turning truck and the curb as it will put you and your passengers in danger.
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