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Statistics * Canada - Truck Accidents
Tractor trailer are involved in just less than 3%...
Manitoba,Canada -Tahucampur -May 13, 2010: -- According to Statistics Canada, “truck driver” is the most common occupation of Canadian men... More than 250,000 Canadians earn their living as a truck driver. More than 269 000 trucks crossing the Manitoba-US border every year, exporting and importing billions of dollars of goods. Eighty percent of trade between Manitoba and the U.S. are traded delivered by truck and together the two countries trade more than 300 billion U.S. dollars worth of goods annually. About every three seconds a truck crossing the border. Overall, the trucking industry contributes 890 million U.S. dollars of GDP in Manitoba. Each week, more than 612 000 trucks on major highways in Canada... Interestingly, commercial vehicles are involved in just second 4% of all traffic accidents, tractor trailer in less than 3%. In more than 70% of all accidents involving trucks, the driver was not responsible for the accident. And while the truck three times less likely to be involved in accidents than cars, are the violations of truck / car accidents are usually much more difficult compared in view of the enormous weight of most trucks and tractor-trailers and cars... Trucks are required to operate under special rules to accommodate the traffic dangers, including the limitations imposed by the vehicle, the amount and nature of the charge causes. Trucks are also subject to strict maintenance and maintenance codes. If any of these rules are broken, truck drivers and operating companies can face severe penalties... (Photo from farm4.static.flickr: Oversize Load Truck - Unverferth Grain Cart)
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