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DANGEROUS DRIVERS' * USA - Troopers giving 'TOP' priority to unsafe highway drivers
But state research shows most of those fatal accidents are not truckers’ fault
Wichita,KS,USA -KSN –14 Aug 2009: -- All too often we report on deadly crashes involving semi trucks and smaller vehicles. But state research shows most of those fatal accidents are not truckers’ fault. It’s mistakes that we the public are making. That’s why this week state troopers in the Wichita area hit the roads in a special way to teach us how to drive safely around big rigs... With a click of his seat belt, Lieutenant John Guerrero goes on patrol. But this time it’s from the cab of his semi and what he saw surprised even him...“Yea, 'cause you see a lot more from up there,” he said. ”You have a higher vantage point. You see a lot of people on cell phones, and when they're on cell phones, they don't take time to use their turn signals"... Troopers also see many drivers follow semis too closely or cut them off when passing... And the TOPS program appears to be working... The number of fatal semi collisions last year was the lowest in decades...Labels: dangerous drivers
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