Tag: preventable or not

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Trucker's turn-lane collision with errant school bus: Preventable or not?

A city school bus driver started to turn left next to trucker John Doe's rig but didn’t turn sharply enough and moved partially into Doe’s lane. Doe stopped dead, sounding his horn, to no avail ... Blammo! Was the accident preventable on Doe's part? Find out here.

June 20, 2025

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Evasive maneuver in snow mangles trucker's bumper: Preventable?

With two feet of snow having laid a thick coat of icy rutting along Rambler Road, trucker John Doe took action to avoid an oncoming dump truck sliding his way, partially in his lane, only to ram the snowbank to his right and damage the tractor.

January 20, 2025

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Snow squall on a dark Alaskan highway leads to brutal tractor-trailer collision. Preventable?

Trucker John Doe felt he couldn't have anticipated the jackknifed flatbed coming over a blind hill during a nighttime snow squall, yet his safety director issued a preventable-accident warning after he hit the trailer. He appealed the judgment ...

January 3, 2025

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Late-for-work waitress slams into trucker's fuel tank -- preventable?

Trucker John Doe's backing maneuvers toward a dock are violently interrupted when a late-for-work waitress speeds into the dock area. Doe appealed his company's "preventable" determination. Where did the accident review committee come down? Find out here.

December 6, 2024

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FMCSA plows ahead with changes to Crash Preventability Determination Program

After proposing last year to expand the types of crashes eligible for review under the program to determine preventability, FMCSA decided to keep its proposal mostly as-is moving forward in making changes to the program.

December 4, 2024

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Trucker rips off a loading bay door -- preventable?

Trucker John Doe was backing into a loading bay when, suddenly, the motorized bay door closed on his trailer. Could the accident, ultimately damaging the door extensively, be anything other than nonpreventable?

November 22, 2024

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Four-wheeler runs a red light, smashing into trucker. Preventable or not?

Trucker John Doe is in downtown Indianapolis one sunny morning, sitting at a red light. When Doe gets the green to go, he moves forward and, partway through the intersection, hears a sudden BANG! and feels his rig shift toward the rear. ...

July 19, 2024

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Trucker's regular run meets overhead telephone wire: Preventable?

The phone company had been working on the line the day before trucker John Doe arrived for his regular weekly delivery at the site, his trailer tangling with the low wire.

April 26, 2024

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Fog-blind trucker hits concrete barrier: Preventable?

2 a.m., and truck driver John Doe was in rain, fog on a tight two-lane highway bounded by concrete barriers. An oncoming truck blinded Doe with high beams, then swerved into his lane. Doe missed the truck, but not the barrier to his right. Preventable?

April 17, 2024

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Trucker's high-winds tip-over crash an act of God -- or 'preventable?'

Notably, crashes of this type aren't eligible for review in FMCSA's Crash Preventability Determination Program, yet the National Safety Council's accident review committee weighed in on this hauler's preventive measures. Find out the final judgment here.

February 5, 2024

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Trucker's snowy slide into lane divider: Preventable or not?

Winter had arrived to the dark stretch of divided highway where trucker John Doe approached the crest of a hill. He lost control of the rig, crashing into a steel lane divider with significant fender damage. Was the crash "preventable?" Or not ...

January 2, 2024

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Infrastructure failure or 'reckless driver': Shoulder rollover 'preventable'?

When a car veered directly into this trucker's path, he braked hard, steering safe to a shoulder. To his horror, it turned out to be so soft his rig slowly rolled onto its side, in a ditch. His carrier judged the accident preventable, and he appealed. ...

November 29, 2023