Sorry I haven’t posted here for a while. I’ve been taking some much-deserved time off at the Cape. So, back to work …
Today’s post is all about car-truck crashes, and the tangled web they leave in their aftermath. It’s safe to say that no one ever wants to be involved in any kind of a motor vehicle accident. But what can even be worse than a car accident, is a Massachusetts truck-car accident. Here is why:
A tractor trailer or “big rig” usually weighs 80,000 pounds or more. The average automobile weighs about 3,000 pounds. Now just imagine both of these motor vehicles crashing into each other on the Massachusetts Turnpike, Route 128 or a major highway traveling at 65 or 70 miles per hour – or even on a back road at 30 MPH. What happens can be horrific. The results can include devastating injuries to the brain and spinal cord, and of course, death. It isn’t pretty. More than 100,000 truck-car accidents occur annually. This should come as no surprise to people who drive on our nation’s highways, as these roads are always filled with big rigs. And these big rigs operate with many disadvantages. Due to their sheer size and weight, they can’t stop very quickly, they can’t turn easily and they usually have large blind spots behind them and to the side.