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Unsafe lane changes * USA - Big factor in truck crashes
Know how to protect yourself on the highwayTucson,AZ,USA -The Arizona Daily Star, by Enric Volante -3 June 2007: -- ... Hundreds of times each year, professional big-rig drivers cruising Arizona's desert highways change lanes when it is not safe to do so... An improper lane change involving a truck was a factor in about 1,100 crashes in 2005, the last year for which data were available from the Arizona Department of Transportation. About 275 people were injured and four died in those crashes... Driving too fast, fatigue and other factors cause more deaths and injuries, but truckers who make unsafe lane changes or simply drift out of their lanes may be the most intimidating to other motorists...
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