Do trucks cause more accidnets than smaller vehicles

Small vehicles cause 75% of the accidents and the #1 excuse is, "I didn't see the truck!"

 

that would be true if we were all professional at the job

 

I counted the number of lights I have on my truck, plus the height, the length, the width and the fact that my trailer is white and I have more lights on the back than many. And I said to myself, "Self, they're right. There's no way they could see this gigantic thing".

 

Cars cause the accident 75% of the time, but trucks only make up 12% of the vehicles on the road...

 

The important thing is to read for comprehension. Far too many people apparently cannot detect "statistics" presented in forms obviously intended to mislead:

If that were presented as: "UMTRI examined 9000 car/truck incidents and in only a small percentage was the truck driver found to have not contributed to the crash"... sounds different, don't it?

Numbers do not speak for themselves, they require analysis. The absence of context precludes analysis.

Each example may include a very small percentage of the 9000 crashes. 89%, 88%, 80% and 72% sounds like a lot, but the intended victim is left to question "Percentage of how many, you blithering idiot?"... or maybe not.

Few things are easier than convincing people of what they want to believe. They don't ask questions, they take the bait, run with it, and tell everyone what they think they've learned when they have learned no such thing.

 

The AAA report actually states 75% of FATAL truck/4-wheeler crashes were the sole fault of the 4-wheeler.

I can't help but feel 75% of those crashes could have been entirely prevented by the truck driver, but I think few, including truck drivers, are willing to give truck drivers credit for possessing that degree of skill, for some reason..

 

Uh, no. You can't control what someone in a car does. It doesn't work that way. You can only try to avoid the situation or lessen the impact. It's very hard to prevent what someone else does.

 

It's not prevent, but EXPECT what they are going to do and react accordingly, 75% of the time, you will be right.

 

That's why I stay the hell away from people. I don't travel in packs. I use the Smith System, and I don't let someone's actions piss me off. I'm over it. My career and life are worth too much.

 

joseph1135, good posts!