4th of July leaves 3 Dead on South Carolina Roads

July 22, 2010 - PRLog -- The Fourht of July holiday weekend left 3 people dead in South Carolina from car accidents. Alcohol is sometimes a contributing factor when 18 wheelers crash into cars, but the leading cause for trucking accidents is driving in their "blind spots." Charleston SC has tourist and commercial truck drivers sharing narrow roads that were made during the settlement of our country. Car accidents involving commercial trucks can ruin far more than a vacation. Death and significant injuries requiring ongoing medical attention result from Charleston trucking accidents.
Truckers call them no zone areas. We call them blind spots and trucks have enormous ones.  Typically, the larger the truck, the larger the blind spot.  When a car, motorcycle, or pedestrian is within a truck's blind spot, an accident with serious injury may ensue. Many Charleston motorists mistakenly believe that truck drivers have a better view of the road because they sit higher than the driver of a car.  In reality, large vehicle drivers have serious blind spots where a car can disappear from view. Side no zones are the most well-known and perhaps the most dangerous of all of a truck’s blind spots.  Located along either side of the truck, they usually extend from directly behind the cab to the back end of the trailer.  To avoid accidents in these no-zone areas, make sure that you can see the truck driver’s face in their side mirrors.  A good rule of thumb is that if you cannot see the driver in the truck's rear-view mirror, he or she cannot see you either. Since most large trucks are hauling trailers, they cannot use rear-view mirrors to check for vehicles behind them.  The blind spot behind tractor-trailers can contain entire vehicles.  When traveling behind a large truck remain back far enough so that the driver can see you in their side mirrors. Most trucks have an elevated cab and this positions the truck driver in a seat that is much higher than those in other types of vehicles.  If a small car is too close to the front of a truck, the driver may look right over them, not seeing them at all.
If you or a loved one was in a Charleston car accident due to a commercial trucker’s blind spot, you can learn more by clicking the following link. http://www.crashlitigators.com/truck-accident-causes/truc...
In addition to blind spots, the other leading cause of car accidents with trucks are related to alcohol, truck brake malfunctions, down hill brake failures, truck rollovers, jackknifing, driver fatigue, wide turn accidents and texting while driving. One might think down hill brake failures would be rare in the Lowcountry, but brake failures on the Cooper River Bridge (Arthur Ravenel, Jr. Bridge) would be considered a downhill brake failure accident. Unlike the sloping areas of the mountains, South Carolina bridges do not provide areas for the truck drivers to exit the roadway should their brakes fail.
More than 40,000 people are killed in auto accidents each year, many involving tractor trailers. The size of commercial trucks result in injuries being more serious or fatal. Charleston South Carolina is a major shipping port and tourist destination. This dangerous combination results in commercial truck drivers sharing roads with vacationers who may not be familiar with the area. Insurance coverage on semi-trucks is larger to protect you or your loved one injured in a trucking accident.  You should contact an experienced Charleston trucking accident lawyer if you or a family member were injured or killed in an accident with a 18 wheeler.
You can learn more of the leading causes of trucking accident by clicking the following link. http://www.crashlitigators.com/truck-accident-causes/

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