The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a summary report on a study that found driver, vehicle, and roadway safety programs for truck drivers should address backing, rear-end, right- and left-turn, and sideswipe collisions, because, according to the study, truck drivers are more likely to be at fault in such crashes. In addition, the study suggests that similar safety programs for car drivers should focus on head-on and angle collisions. This research was conducted under the HSIS project by F.M. Council and D.L. Harkey of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Highway Safety Research Center, D.T. Nabors of BMI, A.J. Khattak of the UNC Department of City and Regional Planning, and Y.M. Mohamedshah of LENDIS. The full report, Examination of ‘Fault,’ ‘Unsafe Driving Acts,’ and ‘Total Harm’ in Car-Truck Collisions, can be found in Transportation Research Record 1830 (TRB, 2003). (Author/Publisher)
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