18-wheelers do not have the ability to stop quickly and the consequences are often death for those in other vehicles.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a given that if a big rig crashes into another vehicle, the smaller of the two vehicles involved in the accident will bear the brunt of the damages. Big rigs weigh in at 40 tons or 80,000 pounds. The average car only weighs about 5,000 pounds. This is a bit like David versus Goliath.<\/p>\n
When a vehicle that size is hurtling down the highway, it takes 40% longer for it to get stopped than it does an average vehicle. This has a lot to do with what type of load they have at the time. If it happens to be steel, add in an even longer period of time to stop.<\/p>\n
Trucks only have ten brakes, not 18 despite what people think. However, no matter how many brakes a semi has, it still (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 18-wheelers do not have the ability to stop quickly and the consequences are often death for those in other vehicles. It\u2019s a given that if a big rig crashes into another vehicle, the smaller of the two vehicles involved in…<\/span><\/p>\n