Avoiding a Crash with Large Vehicles

16 May Avoiding a Crash with Large Vehicles

Most of the time, when someone calls a Texas truck accident attorney, it's because they've gotten into a crash with a big rig. There are plenty of other dangerous vehicles out there on the road, however, and not all of them are being driven by professional drivers. Some very large vehicles, such as SUVs and 4×4 pickup trucks, are sometimes even more dangerous because they don't require special licenses to drive and can do a huge amount of damage to a smaller car.

The Hazards

A large, high vehicle has a lot of blind spots. Some of the people who drive large pickups and SUVs know this and have blind spot mirrors on them to make sure they don't collide with anyone alongside them. Such drivers also tend to be good at determining where they are in traffic and in making sure they give the vehicles around them adequate room. Then, there are the drivers that drive their huge vehicles as if they were passenger cars.

Drivers that underestimate the size of the vehicles they're driving are very dangerous. They'll drift into your lane on tight roads, fail to notice you when they change lanes and sometimes end up slamming into cars when they park. Even though these drivers don't need a special license or training to drive these rather large vehicles, it doesn't mean that they're not responsible for knowing how to drive them well.

Avoiding a Collision

Watch out for drivers that aren't checking their blind spots when they change lanes. You'll also want to watch out for people speeding in these vehicles. Large vehicles make your apparent speed seem slower than it actually is and some people speed in SUVs and trucks simply because they don't know they're doing it. If you have to pass them, get by them quickly because they may well not see you at all when you're alongside them.

If you do get hit by a driver in one of these vehicles, call a truck accident lawyer to see if you can sue to claim damages. There is a chance that a jury would find the driver negligent and, if they do, they may award you compensation for your pain and suffering, as well as for your property damage. The only way to know for sure is to contact an attorney to see if they feel that you have a case that would be worth pursuing, however.