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TRUCK ACCIDENTS
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Each year, approximately 5,000 people are injured by large trucks, while more than tens of thousands of people are injured. Accidents involving large trucks can occur because of insufficient training or inexperience of the driver, defects in the design or manufacture of the truck, highway conditions and signals, and weather conditions. Other factors that may take place immediately before a truck accident include a decision to turn into traffic, a tire blowout, driver fatigue, driving under the influence of alcohol, and speeding. The three most critical events causing truck-automobile accidents are (1) the truck's running out of the travel lane, either into another lane or off the road; (2) loss of control of the truck due to traveling too fast for conditions, shifting cargo, vehicle systems failure, and poor road conditions; and (3) colliding with the rear end of another vehicle. The driver of a truck can be the cause of an accident due to his or her falling asleep at the wheel; being inattentive or being distracted by something inside or outside of the truck; driving too fast for the conditions, misjudging the speed of other vehicles, or following other vehicles too closely; or panicking, overcompensating, or exercising poor directional control.
The main factors associated with large truck accidents are:
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