Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT): Washington State's Efforts to Reduce Collisions Involving Commercial Vehicles

摘要

Basic physics tells us that when a passenger vehicle is involved in a collision with a large truck-a vehicle used in commerce with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds-the likelihood of a death or injury to an occupant in the passenger vehicle is increased compared to other collisions. An analysis of the available data shows that the passenger vehicle driver is the cause in more than half of the large truck versus passenger vehicle fatality collisions, with the percentage ranging from 56 percent to 75 percent.