There is no doubt that the bigger they are, they more damage they cause when involved in a crash.<\/p>\n
It doesn\u2019t seem to make any difference how wide the highways are these days to allow for more traffic and larger vehicles. The problems are still the same old ones that existed when the highways were only four lanes instead of six or eight. Smaller cars and other vehicles are at a supreme disadvantage when it comes to sharing the roads with big rigs.<\/p>\n
The larger trucks can weigh as much as 80 thousand pounds (40 tons) fully loaded and depending on what they are carrying. That is a lot of truck and it definitely does not stop on a dime. The facts are that it takes the entire length of a football field for a large truck to come to a full stop.<\/p>\n
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