Every item in your house was, at some point, on a truck. While passenger drivers often view semi-trucks as slow-moving obstacles, these vehicles are the lifeblood of global commerce. The physics of a 80,000-pound vehicle are vastly different from a sedan; a truck traveling at highway speeds requires the length of two football fields to come to a complete stop.
The "traffic driver" in this scenario is often the pressure of the clock. Federal Hours of Service (HOS) regulations by the FMCSA are designed to prevent driver fatigue, but the demand for "next-day delivery" creates a constant tension. A safer road requires passenger drivers to respect the "No-Zone" (blind spots) and realize that for the person in the big rig the highway is an office where the stakes are life and death.
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