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Truck Accident in Pinellas County?
Causes of Truck Accidents
In an accident between a commercial truck and a passenger vehicle, the passenger vehicle is at huge risk of physical injury. With trucks often reaching 75 feet in length and weights of up to 80,000 pounds, the possibility of serious injury to other drivers or their passengers is extremely high.
The reason for the high number of truck accidents is due to three main events:
- Running out of the travel lane, either off the road or into another lane.
- Loss of control due to speeding, cargo shift, systems failure, poor road conditions, or other reasons.
- Rear-end collisions with other vehicles, specifically in the truck’s travel lane.
- Driver fatigue
Other factors include:
- Unsafe operation of the truck by the driver
- Poor truck maintenance
- Inexperienced truck driver
- Distractions while driving
- Mechanical failure
- Truck driver fatigue
- Overloaded or improperly loaded trucks
Whether you are driving on 275, 75, US 19, or on the Turnpike in the middle of Florida, know that trucks come in many shapes and sizes, and it's the ones who case harm that are the cuplrits