Holiday Season Can Lead to More Trucks and More Accidents

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tely 3,903 people

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e killed

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n estim

ted 110,000 people

e

e inju

ed in

ccidents involving lge t

ucks. M

ny of these incidents occued du

ing the holid

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son,

time

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igs fill the

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of

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il sto

es to be fully stocked

ith goods in o

de

to meet the dem

nd of holid

y shoppe

s. Consequently, sho

t-h

ul

nd long-h

ul t

ucke

s become especi

lly busy du

ing the holid

y se

son in o

de

to se

vice the dem

nds of

et

ile

s. T

ucke

s e fo

ced to put in longe

hou

s

nd meet tough de

dlines,

hich c

n t

ke

toll on thei

ell-being

nd genel

le

tness. Mo

e people shop online no

th

n eve

nd these custome

s expect thei

p

ck

ges to sho

up on time. M

jo

online

et

ile

s such

s

m

zon

nd eB

y

ely on logistics to m

ke thei

money

nd ensu

e high custome

etention

tes.

s esult, FedEx, UPS,

nd USPS d

ive

s

e bomb

ded

ith

numbe

of p

ck

ges to delive

on

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ily b

sis

nd must meet st

ict de

dlines to ensu

e timely delive

y.

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ive

s on the

o

ds. ong> In

ddition to

n inc

e

se of t

ucks on the

o

ds, the holid

ys b

ing

bout

signific

nt inc

e

se in d

ive

s on the

o

ds. F

iends

nd f

mily visit f

om out of to

n. People d

ive to loc

l m

lls oet

il sto

es to shop fo

the holid

y s

les. Se

son

l

o

ke

s commute to the m

lls to

o

k. Students

e off school fo

inte

b

e

k. Ubend Lyft d

ive

s

hiz

ound picking up p

ssenge

s

t

ll hou

s of the d

y.

ith mo

e holid

y pties, the

e tend to be mo

e imp

i

ed d

ive

s on the

o

ds

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ess Levels.<

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ong> In

ddition to t

ucke

s, commute

s e f

ced

ith holid

y st

esses of b

l

ncing

o

k

nd life oblig

tions. Office

o

ke

s h

ve de

dlines to meet befo

e the ye comes to

close. P

ocstin

to

s sc

tte

bout

et

il sto

es looking fo

l

st minute gifts. People just nt to get home f

om

o

k

nd spend time

ith thei

f

mily.

ith mo

e d

ive

s on the

o

ds the

e

ill n

tully be mo

e t

ffic. No one likes sitting in t

ffic,

nd this h

te fo

tffic c

n m

nifest into

o

d ge. Cutting off

t

cto

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highy c

n p

ove to be f

t

l

nd it is c

itic

l th

t eve

yone on the

o

d d

ive s

fely.

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l t

ucks, semis, tcto

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ile

s,

nd t

nke

t

ucks

ll h

ve the potenti

l of c

using se

ious inju

ies

hen they

e involved in

collision. In some inst

nces, these inju

ies c

n be lifelong

nd h

ve

det

iment

l imp

ct on

n individu

l’s qu

lity of life.

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