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March '14 www.studentdriverplacement.com 2 5 specifi cally fatal crashes. "It may not surprise you to know that 80% of fatal truck crashes involve another vehicle, usually a passenger vehicle. Also, you may have recently read about a report released by ATA citing numerous stud- ies showing that passenger vehicle (car) drivers are principally responsible for about 70% of fatal car-truck crash- es. This coming week in Transport Top- ics you'll be able to fi nd additional evi- dence underscoring this conclusion." For instance: • In 85% of fatal head-on collisions between a large truck and a car, the car crossed the center median into the truck's lane of travel. • In 80% of rear-end collisions involv- ing a large truck and a car resulting in a fatality, the passenger vehicle rear-ended the truck. • We know that 31% of all traffi c fatali- ties result from crashes involving a driver who was impaired by alcohol (>.08 BAC). However, in only 2% of fatal truck crashes was the truck driver alcohol impaired. • Also, we know that younger drivers, like teenagers, and older drivers, those over 70 years of age, have higher fatal crash rates than middle age drivers. But teenagers and the elderly rarely drive trucks. The mini- mum age to operate a truck in in- terstate commerce is 21 and most truck drivers retire by age 70 if not T I C K E T S NO MEMBERSHIP FEES NO MONTHLY DUES MOVING AND NON-MOVING 800-333-DRIVE INTERSTATE TRUCKER LTD. © www.interstatetrucker.com Follow us on trucking law 0314.indd 2 2/19/14 3:35 PM