Issues can vary from time to time but you can expect situations like this:
- Load delivery being late or canceled due to heavy damage caused by accident;
- Load delivery could be late and you could face the penalties because of that;
- Downtime caused by accident could cost you a lot of lost money;
As you can see, even though you are not guilty for the incident at the end you could be the one that pays the most for that. If you are delivering fruit to Walmart and you are late because your truck driver applied hard braking and someone hit him from behind, you will be the one to pay for it.
Hard Braking Wastes a Lot Of Fuel
Slowing down from 60 to 0 in less than 2 seconds takes a lot of power and force. In the same time reaching that speed again when the truck almost stopped requires a lot of fuel. It is estimated that truck can idle for 15 minutes and consume the same amount of diesel fuel as it needs to reach the speed of 60mph.
