Truck Accidents And Icy Conditions

About half a million large truck accidents occur each year in the U.S., according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Many of those accidents end in a catastrophic injury or even death to those involved.
These truck accident statistics are not surprising when you consider that the average loaded commercial truck, also called tractor-trailer rigs or 18-wheelers) weigh 80,000 pounds and is up to 75 feet long. Stopping that kind of tonnage in pristine driving conditions is difficult enough. Add in factors like icy roads, and you have disaster waiting to happen.
Ice and snow can affect not only the surface of the roadway, bu

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