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l Moto
Cie
Sfety
dministtion Lge Tuck C
sh C
ustion Study[1]
evieed 141,000 l
ge t
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l cshes tht occu
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uck dive
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nothe
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mnce
ccounted fo12% of the
ccidentsithin the l
ge vehicle study.
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ive
s inttentive,
s dist
cted by something inside o
outside the tuck o
did notssess the situ
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son.ecognition
ccounted fo28% of the
ccidents included in the study.ive
s diving too f
st food conditions, misjudged the speed of su
ounding vehicles, o
folloed othe
vehicles too closely. Decisionccounted fo
28% of theccidents in the l
ge t
uck study.m
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used poocont
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l lge tuck c
sh c
ustion study sets fo
th sevel diffeent types of d
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esulted in tuck collisions including:
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