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Life-Saving Lessons * USA - Truckers Drive Home
"I check my mirrors every five to eight seconds, that way I'm constantly aware of what's around me," Adams said. Too often, however, drivers don't return the favor...
Charleston,VIR,USA -The State Journal, by Sara Gavin -May 7, 2007: -- Truckers like Albert Adams are professionally trained to share the roadways with other vehicles... As part of the national "Share the Road Safety Tour," truck drivers invited people to ride along with them through the Capitol City to see what it looks like from their point of view... National statistics show that three-quarters of fatal collisions involving trucks are caused by the driver of a car, and 35 percentage of those occur in a truck's blind spot... "The only way an accident, a collision accident can occur is if two or more vehicles occupy the same space at the same time," Adams said... Truckers insist there's plenty of room for everyone out on the roads...
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