Truck Backup Accident

Backing up a tractor-trailer can be dangerous for many reasons, but specifically because of the driver’s limited visibility. Maintaining the proper line of sight and avoiding obstacles while reversing in a large truck is much more difficult than in a standard passenger vehicle.

The sound is definitely a familiar one – the loud and annoying “beeeep beeeep” from large trucks as they shift into reverse. The sound is meant to alert nearby motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists that the driver is about to back up their truck, and everyone in the immediate area should proceed with caution.

Trucks and backing can be a fatal combination. Although backing can be a dangerous maneuver even when performed by a driver of a passenger car, when truck drivers perform a backing maneuver, the consequences can be deadly to many.

Various types of workplace settings require large vehicles and trailers to perform careful back-up maneuvers. It is in these settings that the potential for truck back-up accidents is elevated.

The Distribution of Pedestrian-Backing Vehicle Accidents by Backup Alarm Status and Vehicle Type J.P. Purswell, Jerry L. Purswell Purswell & Purswell Engineering & Ergonomics, Inc. Colorado Springs, CO 80920-1603, USA ABSTRACT The purpose of the current study was to update and expand upon an earlier study performed to review and categorize OSHA accident investigation records for pedestrian-backing vehicle accidents according to whether the backing vehicle had a backup alarm and whether the ...

Accidents Caused by Trucks Backing Up or Reversing. Most semi-truck drivers operate with the principal that they should never back up if they can pull forward because as soon as the truck starts moving in reverse, the chance of an accident occurring greatly increases.

Accidents Caused by Trucks Backing Up or Reversing. Most semi-truck drivers operate with the principal that they should never back up if they can pull forward because as soon as the truck starts moving in reverse, the chance of an accident occurring greatly increases.

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) --Lanes are closed Monday afternoon on the South Charleston/Dunbar Interstate 64 bridge due to a tractor-trailer accident. A Pepsi truck drove into the barrier wall on ...

Drivers of tractor-trailers, semis, and any type of large truck need to understand the dangers of backing up or driving in reverse. The simple and clear reality is that these maneuvers are extremely dangerous.

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