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Where I live you are much more likely to die getting hit by a logging truck than being harmed by a small utility truck without collision avoidance sensors. Hel
by __turbobrew__ 2y ago
Where I live you are much more likely to die getting hit by a logging truck than being harmed by a small utility truck without collision avoidance sensors.
Hell I almost died in a head on collision with a semi truck if I didn’t swerve out of the way. Commercial trucking is where safety should be emphasized, not people who just want a small utility vehicle to do jobs around town.
- shermantanktop 2y agoAside from anecdotes, is there data on that? I suspect it’s a small minority of people that encounter a logging truck in a given year. I’m in the PNW and you don’t see logging trucks barreling through big cities. I found this: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety/data-and-statistics/large-truck-and-bus-crash-facts-2021 https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety/data-and-statistics/large-t... 5k fatalities.
- __turbobrew__ 2y agohttps://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/driving-and-cycling/road-safety-rules-and-consequences/be-truck-aware#stats https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/driving-an... > In an average year in B.C., large trucks are involved in less than one percent of all crashes – but they’re involved in nearly 20 percent of fatal crashes. If you exclude motorcycle fatalities (which is usually only the motorcycle rider is seriously hurt, and that is a known risk they take) the numbers get even worse for commercial trucking.
- atoav 2y agoUnlikely since there are way less of them.