Palm Desert Truck Accident Fatal Statistics
Recent crash tests performed by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
found that if the driver if a passenger automobile crashes into the backend
of a semi-truck trailer, the driver of the car will probably die. The
reason for this fatal prediction that can cause the
wrongful death
of the car driver is that the trailers are higher than the cars. The passenger
car moves under the trailer so that the majority of the force of the accident
occurs against the windshield and roof pillars protecting the passenger
compartment. The under-ride guards on semi-trucks may fail even at slower
speeds in a truck vs.
auto accident. The Institute is asking the Federal Government to mandate stronger under-ride
guards that will stay in place in the event of a crash. The Institute
is requesting more guards on more models of large trucks and trailers.
Seventy percent of the 3163 people who died in all large
truck accidents
were the occupants of the passenger vehicles. Passenger vehicle front-end
structures are designed to handle a large amount of crash energy in a
way that minimizes the chance of injury to the occupants. Even if your
car has a highly rated frontal crash safety score, if the truck's
under-ride guard gives way or was never there at all, the chances of surviving
a relatively low-speed rear end crash into the truck trailer are not good.
Often a large semi-truck will rapidly change lanes or cut off drivers
of passenger vehicles causing the car to rear end the semi-trailer. Just
because the passenger car rear ends the semi-truck doesn't necessarily
mean that the driver of the car was at fault. If you need legal advice
about an auto accident or truck accident, contact the Palm Springs auto
accident lawyer or the
Palm Desert truck accident lawyer
at the firm of Barry Regar A Professional Law Corporation today.
Posted By
Barry Regar APLC
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