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Thursday, January 29, 2009
while exiting a busy highway
in a snowstorm
downhill on a curved exit ramp
and see
NOTHING BUT TRUCK
three feet from your bumper?
As Safety and Compliance guy for a trucking company several years ago, I took a call from a lady about our driver bearing down on her in heavy traffic, she was terrified for herself and two kids in the car, she said she thought she was going to die. She later wrote me a letter passionately describing her ordeal.
Unfortunately this happens all too often and does sometimes cause drivers to panic and make a mistake which on the highway can be deadly.
It doesn't have to be a truck though. Some drivers can be intimidated into making a foolish mistake they would not have made otherwise by a car tailgating them or it could develop into a case of road rage.
Don't Tailgate!
Most of the accidents I see (and I see a lot) are from people following too close! Unfortunately we all pay in higher car insurance costs because of it.
Without the stupid accidents, our auto insurance rates would most certainly drop.
Leave at least TWO to THREE seconds between vehicles - in good conditions.
More in poor conditions, better safe than dead!
More on road safety at http://www.ezee.ca
Forklift Safety at liftright.net
See Truck photos or my other photos at donssite.com
or see optical illusions or web animations
Friday, October 17, 2008
Another case of a driver somehow being distracted when the brakes came on.
The pick up truck careened into the silver car thrusting the poor guy into the black SUV in front of him and shoving the SUV into a tractor trailer.
Highway driving requires constant concentration on the task of driving.
Momentary distractions can have a devastating outcome as traffic conditions can change in a split second.
Leave enough space for your reaction time plus a little extra to account for traffic behind you.
More on road safety at http://www.ezee.ca
Forklift Safety at liftright.net
See Truck photos or my other photos at donssite.com
or see optical illusions or web animations
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
How did this happen?
Was he following too close?
Was he fiddling with some GPS gadget?
Was he making a call on a cell phone?
Was he trying to send a text message?
Was he too tired to be driving?
Was he suffering from a medical condition?
Was he looking for his next delivery information?
Was he distracted by something he saw?
Maybe he was checking out the architecture and marble work of this building when the brakes went on.
Could you imagine if there was a car between these trucks.
More on road safety at http://www.ezee.ca
Forklift Safety at liftright.net
See Truck photos or my other photos at donssite.com
or see optical illusions or web animations