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Preventable or not: Trucker’s wide left doesn’t go right
John Doe is driving along in his big rig when he decides to make a wide left turn which results in an accident. Tell us if this accident is preventable or not!
August 28, 2018
Preventable or not: Driver cut off at the pass, sort of
John Doe was making a right turn when a sports car hidden from view behind him drove onto the intersection’s grassy corner to try and head him off. Learn more.
August 24, 2018
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Preventable or not? Trucker clipped by lane-changing motorist
John Doe was driving in the center lane of a three-lane one-way highway when his straight truck was clipped by a car merging from the left lane. Was this accident preventable?
August 9, 2018
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Preventable or not: Trucker pained by four-wheeler’s lane switch
Truck driver tried to avoid a car hat steered into his lane, but his rig jackknifed and slid off the road into a light pole. Was this accident preventable?
August 2, 2018
Preventable or Not
Driver tops icy hill, slams jackknifed flatbed. Was this accident preventable?
Trucker John Doe blindly crested a hill preceding an icy downgrade and couldn’t avoid a flatbed that jacked completely across both lanes.
July 26, 2018
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Preventable or not: Trailer dinged by dock door
A trucker's day is going smoothly until the rollup-door crashed down and hits the trailer. Get details and see if this could have been avoided. Get more on CCJ!
December 6, 2017
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Preventable or not? Lowered dock door ruins driver’s day
Was this preventable or not? Take a moment to read what happened when this trucker ran into a lower dock door.
October 13, 2017
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Evasive maneuver puts trailer on its side. Was this accident preventable?
Trucker John Doe swerves to avoid a car that darted into his lane but lays his trailer over in the process. Was this preventable?
July 5, 2017
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Exit-only lane sparks crash. Was this accident preventable?
Trucker John Doe can't avoid a last second poor decision just outside of Toad Suck, Arkansas.
June 23, 2017
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Trucker backs into concrete post. Was this accident preventable?
Trucker John Doe smacks a concrete post that he claims was too short to see in his mirrors.
June 12, 2017
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Trucker backs into oncoming car. Was this accident preventable?
Doe's rock and roll delivery takes a bogus turn.
June 7, 2017
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Trucker clipped in last-second merge. Was this accident preventable?
Everything was fine in the left lane until the right lane ended. Could John Doe have prevented this accident?
May 19, 2017
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T-bone not well done. Was this accident preventable?
John Doe can see a pickup through the fog but gets an up-close view when he slams into it.
May 8, 2017
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Wind gust wins game of chicken. Was this accident preventable?
Trucker John Doe's rig is tipped on its side by a gust of wind. Was this accident preventable?
May 1, 2017
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Trucker spurned by merge in downtown delivery. Was this accident preventable?
Trucker John Doe goes from 'all clear' to 'oh-no' when trying to merge into traffic.
April 13, 2017
Preventable or Not
Doe no match for midnight snow, fallen tree. Was this accident preventable?
Could trucker John Doe avoided smashing into a tree?
April 3, 2017
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Trucker backs trailer into pool-sized pothole. Was this accident preventable?
Driver John Doe was excited to stream a Netflix hit on his break but he was focused on finding plot holes, not potholes.
February 10, 2017
Preventable or Not
Trucker hits illegally parked car. Was this accident preventable?
The fleet safety manager cited trucker John Doe for an at-fault accident but Doe contested that since the car was parked illegally he couldn't be held liable.
January 30, 2017
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