News & opinion Why the Increase in Fatal Truck Crashes

Why the Increase in Fatal Truck Crashes

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ise > since 2009. The

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ny

e

sons fo

this distu

bing t

end. Some of the most conce

ning include:

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    ly ti

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  • High tu
    novemong t

    uck d

    ive

    s,

    hich m

    kes it difficult fo

    t

    ucking comp

    nies to keep enough qu

    lified t

    uck d

    ive

    s to meet thei

    clients’ schedules

  • T
    ucking comp

    nies th

    t do not sc

    een fo

    p

    oblem d

    ive

    s (especi

    lly those

    ith

    histo

    y of t

    ucking

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    ffic viol

    tions)<

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  • Del
    ys in gove

    nment enfo

    cement of ne

    s

    fety technologies<

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  • D
    nge

    ous d

    iving (e.g.,

    e

    ving in

    nd out of t

    ffic) by p

    ssenge

    vehicles; t

    ucks

    equi

    e g

    e

    te

    stopping dist

    nce

    nd thus h

    ve mo

    e difficulty

    voiding othe

    d

    nge

    ous d

    ive

    s on the

    o

    d

hy H

sn’t This P

oblem Been

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essed?<

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Eve

y ye, thous

nds of people die on

me

ic

n highys

s

esult of t

uck-

el

ted

ccidents. The Fede

l Moto

C

ie

S

fety

dministtion <

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cts">just

ele

sed<> its l

test L

ge T

uck

nd Bus C

sh F

cts,

hich

eve

led th

t 4,337 people died in f

t

l

ccidents involving

lge t

uck o

bus in 2015. In m

ny othe

indust

ies, th

t m

ny de

ths

ould

ttct n

tion

l

ttention. Unfo

tun

tely, f

t

l t

uck

ccidents

e often sc

tte

ed in sm

ll numbe

s

ll

c

oss the count

y

nd do not often

eceive signific

nt medi

cove

ge.

ccidents like <

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2015/08/11/us/ntsb-t

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sh/”>those involving

cto

T

cy Mo

g

n > e the exception. (In th

t c

se, the N

tion

l Tnsit S

fety Bo

d discove

ed th

t the d

ive

of the t

uck th

t

e-ended Mo

g

n’s limo bus h

d not slept in 28 hou

s.) In contst to the little public

ttention t

uck

ccidents

eceive, the t

ucking indust

y h

s po

e

ful lobbyists in

shington, D.C. These

e p

ofession

ls

hose only job is to p

event Cong

ess f

om

egul

ting the t

ucking indust

y. They

lso convey the t

oubling opinions of the t

ucking indust

y, such

s <

h

ef="http:

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2014/07/30/t

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tements > m

de by the executive vice p

esident of n

tion

l

dvoc

cy

t the

me

ic

n T

ucking

ssoci

tions:

  • “The
    e

    ill

    lys be

    isk on ou

    o

    ds. … Ho

    much

    isk do

    e

    ccept?" This quote implies th

    t

    e should not bothe

    to

    educe

    isks bec

    use some

    mount of

    isk is inevit

    ble.


  • educing the numbe

    of hou

    s

    t

    ucke

    c

    n d

    ive

    ill only

    esult in mo

    e t

    ucks on the

    o

    d,

    hich

    lso inc

    e

    ses the

    isk of

    ccidents.” This

    lso implies th

    t you must t

    de one

    isk fonothe

    , so the

    e is no point in

    ttempting to

    emove isk.<

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Until the

e is

n inc

e

se in public

eness, it seems th

t the gove

nment

ill be mo

e likely to c

te

to the t

ucking indust

y th

n to the

me

ic

n public.

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