Everyone knows stopping an enormous tractor trailer could take a while, but the answer might still shock you. In this brief video, South Carolina 18-wheeler accident attorney Rob Usry gives the eye-popping truth.
And it's under ideal conditions, below some interstate speed limits.
And yes, truckers know this- but it doesn't seem to prevent some of them from speeding.
Transcript
It's no secret that speeds a major factor in tractor-trailer accidents. So what the trucker's really know about how long it takes to stop an 18-wheeler? A lot! The South Carolina commercial driver's license manual, which they've got to know to be able to drive a tractor-trailer, tells them and here's a frightening thing it reveals. A tractor-trailer moving at 55 miles an hour needs 419 feet to stop and that's under ideal conditions with dry pavement and good brakes. If you compute that into major league baseball terms that's home run distance.
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