crash prevention

Preventing Rear-End Collisions

According to Great West Casualty Company, there are four types of critical crashes: run-under crashes (which we covered in a post at the end of 2013), lane change crashes, loss of control crashes, and […]

How to Prevent Loss of Control Crashes, With a Pop Quiz!

This is the third installment in our critical crash prevention series. We have already covered  how to prevent run-under crashes and rear-end crashes, and all are determined to be “critical” because they typically cause […]

Facts on Decision Driving

Driving a CMV requires full concentration and attention and there are many decision making processes going on simultaneously. Time and motion studies have discovered that on average, a driver will make 160 driving decisions/mile. […]

By |February 27th, 2014|Crash prevention, FMCSA|0 Comments

How to Prevent Run-Under Crashes, complete with a Pop-Quiz!

Any time a truck is involved in a crash, operations are impacted. A run-under crash occurs when a vehicle drives under a trailer unit; although these types of crashes are among the easiest to […]