Defensive Driving Tips and Techniques

As the interstates and highways continue to become more populated, we can expect a rise in motor vehicle accidents. Even though trucking companies have improved their safety training, new statistics show an alarming rate of truck crashes. For years, news items have focused on driver fatigue as playing a major role in these incidents.

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Accidents involving trucks seldom occur but when they happen, they are often with tragic and disastrous results. Although incidents of large truck crashes have declined in recent years, accidents involving trucks still claim 5,000 fatalities each year.

Some of the common causes of truck accidents that may be attributed to truck drivers are the following:

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I would like to share with you some of the daily safety problems that the professional truck driver faces.

In my opinion, cars maneuvered by poor drivers (J. Q. Public) must have a magnet installed in their front bumper that attracts them to trucks. This magnet pulls them within thirty feet of the rear of semi-trailers.The semi driver CAN NOT see anything behind the trailer within that distance.

This magnet theory is the only reasonable explanation for auto drivers following too closely behind semi trailers. Cars not equipped with this magnet are operated by good drivers who keep the 2 to 4 second rule for following distance (about 100′ to 250′) behind a truck. J. Q. Public, with his magnet engaged, pulls out in the passing lane, gets even with the truck, and sets up residency.

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