Car crashes into trucker’s trailer during pass attempt — Preventable or not?

Aug 7, 2020

Updated Jan 27, 2021

This video is an adaptation of a scenario from CCJ’s Preventable or Not manuals. It is presented via a partnership between CCJ and Instructional Technologies. An impatient motorist veers around tractor-trailer driver John Doe, who’s making a left-hand turn at a traffic light. The motorist can’t make the turn in time and instead crashes into Doe’s trailer. Could Doe have prevented this crash?

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