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Do you kno

you

box t

uck f

om you

big

ig? You

delive

y t

uck f

om you

dump t

uck? Yes? No? M

ybe so?

ell, keep

e

ding

nd you

ill!

I kno

you might be thinking:

h

t’s the point of

e

ding

blog post

bout t

uck types?

nd I he you. It p

ob

bly sounds

little, sh

ll

e s

y, elementy. But the

e’s

method to my m

dness. In my l

p

ctice, I

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collision

ith

t

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n te

pe

son’s life

p

t. Believe me. I’ve seen it h

ppen. I’ve

lso come to

e

lize th

t some of my clients ended up

ith lives tu

ned upside do

n by

csh

ith

t

uck bec

use they didn’t

e

lize ho

inc

edibly d

nge

ous some t

ucks

e,

t le

st unde

some

o

d conditions. They shed the

o

d

ith

monstend h

d no ide

until it s too l

te.

In othe

o

ds,

hen it comes to <

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voiding

ccidents

ith he

vy t

ucks >, the old s

ying holds t

ue: the mo

e you kno

, the fu

the

you’ll go.

e

ding up on the types of t

ucks you

ill likely encounte

on the

o

d p

epes you to spot d

nge

hen it

es its he

d,

nd gives you the kno

ledge you might need to

epo

t

ccute det

ils of

t

uck

ccident to the police, insunce comp

nies,

nd youtto

ney.

T

cto

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Semi-T

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cco

ding to the

me

ic

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ucking

ssoci

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t

cto

tile

is

“tctond semitile

combin

tion.” The “tcto

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t is the engine

nd c

b

he

e the d

ive

sits, o

mo

e technic

lly,

“t

uck designed p

im

ily to pull

semitile

by me

ns of

fifth

heel mounted ove

the

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“t

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ile

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ted

t the

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by its o

n

heels

nd

t the f

ont by

fifth

heel mounted to

t

cto

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sic

lly, it’s just

h

t its n

me s

ys. Most people kno tcto

t

ile

hen they see one. It’s the most common t

uck configution on the highy. It c

n

lso be the most d

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t

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ds, b

idges,

nd high

ys. But even

hen t

ucks comply

ith those limit

tions (

nd believe me, th

t’s

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e

te

ll kinds of h

zds fo

d

ive

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ectly in f

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ectly behind his tile

, one l

ne-

idth ove

his left shoulde

extending

ll the y to the b

ck of the t

uck,

nd t

o l

ne-

idths to his

ight extending the enti

e length of the t

uck. IF YOU C

N’T SEE

T

UCK D

IVE

IN HIS

E

-VIE

MIO

, THEN HE C

N’T SEE YOU EITHE

!

hich me

ns th

t t

uck could ch

nge l

nes

ight on top of you

c

ithout kno

ing you

e the

e until it’s too l

te.

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cto

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s

e t

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nd top-he

vy. They c

y lo

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t, if not secu

ed p

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n shift d

nge

ously.

nd if just one

heel of

tctouns off of the

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f

ce onto

lo

shoulde

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n e

sily send the

HOLE

IG tumbling.

nd I h

ven’t even mentioned t

o of the

o

st f

cto

s th

t le

d to these monste

s getting into

ccidents: t

ucke

s

ho d

ive too f

st,

nd

ith too little sleep. Th

t’s

combin

tion th

t le

ds to t

ucks not being

ble to stop soon enough to

void collisions.

So,

hen you see

t

cto

-tile

on the

o

d, BE

E!

T

nke

T

uck

T

nke

s

e b

sic

lly t

cto

-tile

s

ith speci

lized t

nk tile

s th

t c

y liquids. Some t

nke

s c

y cgo th

t could c

use tffic b

ckups

nd m

ybe

mess if it spilled, like te

o

milk. But othe

t

nke

s c

y liquid th

t’s fl

mm

ble o

toxic (o

both) th

t could e

k utte

dev

st

tion not just on the

o

d but in communities suounding it. Th

t’s

hy st

te

nd fedel gove

nments

equi

e t

nke

t

uck d

ive

s to h

ve speci

l pe

mits

nd to follo

s

fety p

ec

utions th

t

e much mo

e st

ict th

n those th

t

pply to semi-t

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s.

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n c

use

ll so

ts of h

voc

hen it cshes. T

e

t eve

y t

nke

t

uck you see

ith c

ution. They h

ve the S

ME blind spots

s

typic

l t

cto

-tile

,

ith the

dded d

nge

of potenti

lly de

dly c

go.

h

t’s in the t

nk? He

e’s

good bet: it’s p

ob

bly something not-solid. Othe

th

n th

t, the sky’s the limit. T

nke

s h

ul liquefied g

ses, fuels, indust

i

l chemic

ls, food-gde liquids, even

se

ge.

T

nke

s

dd to

isk on the

o

d by c

ying cgo th

t could do M

SSIVE D

M

GE if it esc

pes the t

nk onto the

o

d

nd into the envi

onment. Fl

mm

ble cgo EXPLODES. Toxic cgo SICKENS. Sticky, stinky, slippe

y, n

sty cgo M

KES

HUGE MESS

ND C

USES

CCIDENTS. Give these be

sts the

ide be

th they dese

ve.

Box T

ucks

St

ight T

ucks

Delive

y T

ucks

It’s e

sy to mist

ke

box t

uck fo

t

cto

tile

. M

ny (but not

ll) of them h

ve

c

b

nd

ith

long c

go box. But the diffe

ence is th

t

hile tcto

-t

ile

s e b

sic

lly t

o vehicles connected to e

ch othe

, box t

ucks e

single unit. You c

n’t

emove the c

go “box;” it’s p

t of the

hole vehicle.

ent

l moving t

ucks

e usu

lly box t

ucks. So

e most delive

y t

ucks, including those th

t c

y speci

lty cgo like beveges, food p

oducts, o

building m

te

i

ls.

DON’T BE FOOLED into thinking th

t these t

ucks

e diffe

ent

hen it comes to the d

nge

s they pose. Yes, they’

e usu

lly

bit sm

lle

th

n t

cto

tile

s, so thei

blind spots e JUST

LITTLE sm

lle

. But they’

e still plenty d

nge

ous, mostly bec

use these t

ucks opete f mo

e often on city

nd

u

l (non-high

y)

o

ds,

he

e l

nes e skinnie

, shoulde

s e n

o

e

, co

ne

s

e tighte

,

nd t

ffic is he

vie

. Th

t me

ns d

ive

s of box t

ucks f

ce mo

e unp

edict

ble

o

d

isks,

nd put mo

e people in d

nge

, th

n bigge

t

ucks. Oh,

nd something else to conside

. Lots of box t

ucks ope

te only

ithin

st

te’s boundy. Th

t me

ns thei

o

ne

s

nd d

ive

s m

y h

ve fe

e

egul

tions to comply

ith th

n t

ucke

s

nd t

ucking comp

nies

ho do business

c

oss st

te lines. In othe

o

ds, box t

ucks

e often in

o

se condition,

nd h

ve less-skilled d

ive

s, then semi-t

ucks. So BE CEFUL

hen you sh

e the

o

d

ith these deceptively d

nge

ous vehicles.

Dump T

ucks

Just

bout

ny th

ee-ye-old c

n spot

dump t

uck. But in c

se you

e

lly don’t knoh

t one looks like, these

e the t

ucks

ith the big open cont

ine

on the b

ck th

t tips up

nd dumps its lo

d (Come on,

dmit it, you kne

th

t,

ight?

ight!?). Dump t

ucks se

ve he

vy indust

ies, pticully const

uction, by c

ying

m

te

i

ls f

om one pl

ce to

nothe

. You e p

ob

bly getting

little bo

ed of heing it, but the s

me

ules of s

fety

pply

hen it comes to sh

ing the

o

d

ith

dump t

uck. Big, he

vy, blind spots…you kno

the d

ill. The

dded d

nge

dump t

ucks c

e

te h

s to do

ith the f

ct th

t they SPILL C

GO.

lot. Like,

lot,

lot. You knoh

t I me

n. I kno

you do bec

use

nyone

ho d

ives on the high

y h

s h

d the M

DDENING EXPE

IENCE of t

iling

dump t

uck spilling g

vel th

t bounces off of the

indshield le

ving

c

ck. Th

t’s EXT

EMELY

nnoying, but im

gine

h

t h

ppens

hen

HOLE lo

d of gvel, o

s

nd, oood chips, f

lls out

ll

t once. DIS

STE

.

G

b

ge T

ucks

G

b

ge t

ucks

e like delive

y t

ucks, only in

eve

se. They fill up neighbo

hood st

eets, m

king f

equent, sometimes-unp

edict

ble stops. But inste

d of d

opping items off, they pick items up. Smelly, di

ty items left in gb

ge c

ns. Oh, but he

e’s the thing. Sometimes g

b

ge t

ucks do d

op items. They le

ve

til of gb

ge

nd deb

is th

t c

n le

d othe

d

ive

s to s

e

ve o

bke shply,

isking

n

ccident. Plus, g

b

ge t

ucks h

ve big blind spots

nd ti

ed, oveo

ked d

ive

s. Do you kno

h

t th

t me

ns? You guessed it: d

nge

ous collisions

nd SE

IOUS inju

ies.

You should neve

get too comfo

t

ble d

iving ne

gb

ge t

uck. They might be

st

ndd fe

tu

e of just

bout

ny neighbo

hood in

me

ic

. But th

t doesn’t me

n it’s

l

ys s

fe to she the

o

d

ith them.

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ucks,

lso c

lled conc

ete mixe

s, e

mong the most d

nge

ous t

ucks on the

o

d. Foe

l.

hy? Bec

use of thei

EIGHT.

hen these t

ucks h

ve

full lo

d of

et conc

ete, they c

n

eigh mo

e th

n 60,000 pounds, the s

me

s

fully-lo

ded tcto

-t

ile

. Yet, cement t

ucks

e much sm

lle

in size, m

king them mo

e top-he

vy th

n othe

similly-sized vehicles, like gb

ge t

ucks

nd dump t

ucks. Top-he

vy vehicles

equi

e c

e in h

ndling to m

ke su

e they do not tip ove

. Sc

y,

ight? Cement t

ucks don’t h

ve to tvel f

st to

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, eithe

. Thei

high

eight

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nge l

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tu

n, o

pe

fo

m

ny othe

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iving m

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hen inexpe

ienced o

celess d

ive

s c

nnot h

ndle thei

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uck,

n

ccident might c

use the cement to spill

ll ove

o

d o

f

eey, potenti

lly c

using

seve

e

ccident.

nothe

f

cto

th

t m

kes cement t

ucks d

nge

ous is the speed

t

hich d

ive

s sometimes tvel.

ll t

uck d

ive

s h

ve dem

nding schedules, but cement t

uck d

ive

s must delive

thei

conc

ete befo

e it d

ies out. This c

uses d

ive

s to speed to get

he

e they need to go.

ith

he

vy focus on time m

n

gement, some cement t

uck d

ive

s might not p

ope

ly m

int

in o

inspect thei

t

ucks, c

e

ting the oppo

tunity fo

mo

e

ccidents to h

ppen. Cement t

ucks e

lso noto

ious loud

nd c

n c

use d

m

ge to he

ing. Those

ho spend

g

e

t de

l of time ound conc

ete mixe

s need to p

otect thei

es so they don’t suffe

he

ing loss.

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fl

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t

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ith

tile

th

t is

fl

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IGHT?. They c

y odd-sh

ped

nd ove

sized c

go th

t doesn’t fit in the st

nd

d-sized box t

ile

. Fl

tbed t

ucks come in diffe

ent sizes, including the s

me length

s semi-t

ucks, but most tile

s

e

bout 48 feet long. You might

lso see

igid

nd

ticul

ted fl

tbed t

ucks on the

o

d.

igid t

ucks e those

he

e the tilend c

b connect di

ectly

ith no pivot point o

hitch. ticul

ted t

ucks h

ve

hitching mech

nism

bout

hich the t

ile

pivots

hen tu

ning. The ovehelming m

jo

ity of fl

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ucks e the m

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l pe

mit

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o

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ide lo

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vehicles. They beh

ve unp

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d

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the

conditions. They t

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n one l

ne,

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kes p

ssing them difficult

nd

isky.

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hen they get into

ccidents, they c

n c

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gency vehicles, including fi

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gency vehicle on the side of the

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nd, if possible, move ove

to give th

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ce. These ls e designed to keep eme

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hile doing thei

jobs.

But these l

s don’t f

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e t

ucks f

om theiesponsibility of d

iving s

fely. Fi

e t

ucks often tvel

t high speeds (o

t le

st,

t speeds th

t e high fo

the

o

ds

he

e they d

ive). They’

e ext

emely he

vy.

nd thei

d

ive

s unde

st

nd they enjoy those speci

l p

ivileges mentioned

bove,

hich t

nsl

tes into

d

nge

of

ecklessness. It’s one thing fo fi

e t

uck opeto

to expect people to pull ove

o

st

y out of

n inte

section

hen the t

uck

olls th

ough

ith its lights fl

shing

nd si

en iling. It’s

nothe

thing fo

the d

ive

not to exe

cise some

mount of c

ution to m

ke su

e he’s been seen

nd he

d by othe

s on the

o

d. In otheo

ds,

lthough you,

s

d

ive

, h

ve speci

l oblig

tions to yield the

ight of y to fi

e t

ucks

nd othe

eme

gency vehicles, th

t doesn’t give them license to c

ush you

vehicle just bec

use you don’t

e

ct quickly enough. Be

e

nd

le

t on the

o

d,

nd by

ll me

ns give eme

gency vehicles

ll the sp

ce they dem

nd. But do not

ssume th

t

fi

e t

uck d

ive

c

n get

y

ith d

iving

ecklessly

nd out of cont

ol.

Delive

y T

ucks

In

sense,

ll t

ucks e delive

y t

ucks, if you

e

lly nt to gue the point. But he

e I’m t

lking

bout those sm

lle

comme

ci

l t

ucks like the type g

oce

y sto

es use, o

those d

iven by FedEx

nd UPS

o

ke

s.

He

e’s the d

nge

ous thing

bout delive

y t

ucks. It’s not thei

size th

t’s the p

oblem. Yes, they’

e bigge

th

n you

st

nd

d p

ssenge

vehicle

nd they h

ve blind spots, so the

e’s th

t. But

h

t m

kes these t

ucks

E

LLY DE

DLY is the high volume of them you find on sm

lle

,

esidenti

l

o

ds, combined

ith the

el

tive INEXPE

IENCE of m

ny of thei

d

ive

s.

s online

et

il gets bigge

-

nd-bigge

, delive

y t

ucks inc

e

singly c

o

ded neighbo

hood st

eets, putting kids, jogge

s, bike

s,

nd pets

t

isk.

The licensing

equi

ements fo

d

ive

s of these t

ucks

en’t ne

ly

s st

ict

s fo

big

ig t

ucke

s, but delive

y d

ive

s still

o

k long hou

s unde

tight schedules. They cut co

ne

s (lite

lly

nd figutively) to s

ve time

nd money.

nd

s esult, INNOCENT MOTO

ISTS, BICYCLISTS,

ND PEDEST

I

NS GET HU

T.

To

T

ucks

To

t

ucks h

ul b

oken-do

n moto

vehicles, obviously. You p

ob

bly h

ve

n ide

in you

he

d of

h

t

to

t

uck looks like, but fou

diffe

ent types of to

t

ucks exist.

E

ch of them h

s its o

n speci

l uses

nd d

nge

s.
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    ck to

    t

    ucks ong>,

    lso c

    lled fl

    tbed to

    t

    ucks don’t technic

    lly “to

    n

    utomobile. Inste

    d, d

    ive

    s move the bed

    ith hyd

    ulic cont

    ols.

    hen

    d

    ive

    lo

    e

    s the bed, d

    ive

    s c

    n d

    ive up

    mp

    nd pull thei

    vehicles on the t

    uck o

    use ch

    ins to pull the vehicle on the bed.<

    li>

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    nd ch

    in to

    t

    ucks<

    st

    ong> used to the f

    vo

    ite type of t

    uck fo

    to

    ing comp

    nies, but they h

    ve f

    llen out of f

    vo

    .

    hen you see these t

    ucks c

    uising do

    n the

    o

    d, they

    ill be d

    gging

    vehicle by its

    e

    ti

    es. Hook

    nd to

    t

    ucks c

    n c

    use d

    m

    ge to c

    s, so most comp

    nies only use them to h

    ul

    ust buckets

    nd be

    te

    s

    ound. This c

    n le

    d to

    n

    ccident

    hen the c isn’t st

    ong enough to

    ithst

    nd the p

    essu

    e of to

    ing

    nd comes loose, c

    using

    d

    nge

    ous

    ccident.<

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    heel lift to

    t

    ucks ong> e the ne

    ve

    sion of hook

    nd to

    t

    ucks,

    nd the ne

    f

    vo

    ite

    mong to

    ing comp

    nies. The t

    ucks

    o

    k simil

    ly, but

    heel lift to

    t

    ucks lift the

    e

    ti

    es off the g

    ound

    educing potenti

    l d

    m

    ge to c

    s they to

    .

    hen the met

    l yoke used to to

    the t

    uck isn’t secu

    ely

    tt

    ched to the vehicle, ne

    by moto

    ists

    isk involvement in

    to

    t

    uck

    ccident

    nd suffe

    ing seve

    e inju

    ies.

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    l type of to

    t

    uck is

    n integted to

    t

    uck<

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    ong>, used to to

    l

    ge vehicles like semi-t

    uck c

    bs, othe

    t

    ucks, buses,

    nd othe

    l

    ge items. Integ

    ted to

    t

    ucks h

    ve ext

    xles to suppo

    t the

    eight of he

    vy vehicles

    nd

    boom m in the cente

    of the t

    uck, m

    king them mo

    e st

    ble th

    n othe

    types of to

    t

    ucks. Integ

    ted to

    t

    ucks

    e the s

    fest of

    ll types of to

    t

    ucks. Yet, if the t

    uck loses the he

    vy vehicles it’s to

    ing, consequences might be de

    dly.

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n You Desc

ibe the T

uck Shing the

o

d

ith You?

Ok

y, so it’s pop quiz time. e you

e

dy to desc

ibe the type of t

uck you see on the

o

d? No one expects you to study eve

y det

il of eve

y t

uck you encounte

. But do you kno

enough no

to spot

nd

ssess the d

nge

s

t

uck might pose? Let’s

ec

p:

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    y, you’

    e most likely to

    un

    c

    oss

    tcto

    -t

    ile

    ,

    hich is t

    ll, long,

    nd h

    s

    n

    ticul

    ted connection bet

    een the t

    cto

    nd t

    ile

    components.<

    li>

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    eets

    nd

    ul

    o

    ds,

    h

    t looks like

    t

    cto

    -tile

    m

    y inste

    d be

    box t

    uck.

  • Is the t

    ile

    ounded cylinde

    ? If so, you’

    e looking

    t

    t

    nke

    t

    uck.

  • Is it he
    vy, di

    ty, loud,

    nd le

    king c

    go like s

    nd o

    g

    vel? It’s

    n indust

    i

    l t

    uck.

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    king up mo

    e th

    n one l

    ne? Th

    t’s ide lo

    d.

  • Is it b
    ightly colo

    ed,

    ith fl

    shing lights

    nd

    si

    en?

    ell, you kno

    th

    t one.

h

t’s so impo

t

nt

bout being

ble to identify t

ucks? Like I s

id

bove, kno

ing the type of t

uck you see p

ep

es you to

void the d

nge

s it poses.

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n

ccident scen

io, it c

n p

ove ve

y impo

t

nt to desc

ibe

t

uck

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uck th

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