The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will be on the lookout for unsafe drivers from July 14 to 20. The event is called Operation Safe Driver Week, and it will affect both CMV and passenger vehicle drivers in Virginia and across the U.S. The focus of this year's event is once again speeding.
Truck crashes go up, putting other drivers at risk
Most Virginia residents are aware that truck accidents usually turn out worse for the occupants of any smaller vehicles that are involved. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration states that 72% of all fatalities in truck crashes are passenger vehicle occupants. More and more people are being put at risk as truck crash numbers rise.
What are the biggest risk factors in a commercial truck crash?
Staying safe on the road typically means you have to engage in defensive driving or at least proactive attempts to minimize your risk. Understanding the risk factors on the road is critical to making the right harm-reduction choices while driving.
Study: even light rain makes fatal car crash likelier
Virginia residents already know that heavy rain, ice and snow greatly increase the risk for car crashes. The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society has stated that these elements increase the risk for fatal crashes by 34%. However, even light rain has a negative effect, as one study from the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies has found.
