{"id":301,"date":"2015-07-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/defranciscolaw.lawblogger.net\/blog\/how-truck-drivers-can-reduce-the-risk-of-an-accident\/"},"modified":"2017-10-23T12:28:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:28:25","slug":"how-truck-drivers-can-reduce-the-risk-of-an-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/how-truck-drivers-can-reduce-the-risk-of-an-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"How truck drivers can reduce the risk of an accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is no secret that driving a semi-truck is a dangerous job. With how large these vehicles are, and how many people are hurt in truck accidents each year, drivers must be careful about how they operate their vehicles around big rigs. At the same time, truck drivers must be vigilant as well. There are a number of things they can do to reduce the risk of being in an accident. This post will highlight a few of them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check blind spots before lane changes &#8211; <\/strong>Just like drivers must check their blind spots for smaller vehicles (i.e. motorcycles), truck drivers have to use additional care in looking for cars that may be in their &#8220;no zones.&#8221; A wrong move by a truck driver in these instances can have devastating consequences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Slow down in work zones &#8211; <\/strong>Indeed, most highways and streets call for vehicles to slow down in work zones, but sometimes people just don&#8217;t do so. If you need a reminder of how devastating a work zone accident can be, look no further than last year&#8217;s truck accident involving comedian Tracy Morgan; who still has not recovered from his injuries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/how-truck-drivers-can-reduce-the-risk-of-an-accident\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading How truck drivers can reduce the risk of an accident\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is no secret that driving a semi-truck is a dangerous job. With how large these vehicles are, and how many people are hurt in truck accidents each year, drivers must be careful about how they operate their vehicles around big rigs. At the same time, truck drivers must be vigilant as well. There are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-truck-accidents","tag-truck-accidents"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How truck drivers can reduce the risk of an accident &#8212; Syracuse Personal Injury Law Blog &#8212; July 8, 2015<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How truck drivers can reduce the risk of an accident - Truck Accidents - DeFrancisco &amp; Falgiatano Law Firm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defranciscolaw.com\/blog\/how-truck-drivers-can-reduce-the-risk-of-an-accident\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"How truck drivers can reduce the risk of an accident &#8212; 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