On the other hand ATA has stated that professional truck drivers are driving more than 400 billion miles on a year basis, and transports more than two-thirds of the overall freight.
World of Trucks Fact No.6 -Did you Know That The Main Cause of Truck Accidents is Failure to Stay in Lane?
There are more than 3 million truck drivers in the U.S. that are operating every day. Being behind the steering wheel for a long time can make truck drivers to become un-focused, and a bad focus can lead only to failure to stay in lane.
I have dedicated the World of Trucks Fact No. 6 to the main cause of truck accident which is the failure of truck drivers to stay in lane. Unfortunately truck accidents do happen very often, and in most of the cases that is due to changing lanes in an unsafe manner.
So, if truck drivers are not careful enough they can end up in a serious accident. Un-proper changing of the lanes can therefore lead the truck to veering out of lane or swerving dangerously.
