Driving With Trucks

Everyone knows that trucks drive differently than cars, but few know how to drive safely along side of a truck. Brian O'Neil, former president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says in crashes between cars and trucks, the consequences for cars is often catastrophic. The Insurance Information Institute urges drivers to use car passing a truck, know where the blind spots are. Phyllis Schenberg, Government Accountability Office, says there were half a million crashes involving trucks in 1997 and 5,000 fatalities. Remember: The larger the truck, the bigger the blind spot and the more room they need to stop or turn.

For more information about insurance, go to the I.I.I. Web site at http://www.iii.org

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