Preventable or Not: Page 2

Preventable or not? Driver dinged at the dock
John Doe was about to drop his load off at the loading dock until a crazed waitress comes out of nowhere to hit his truck. Get the scenario here on CCJ!
January 28, 2019
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Preventable or not? Deer delivers dilemma to truck operator
Trucker John Doe avoided hitting a deer that raced in front of him, only to sideswipe a guardrail & destroy his right front fender. Was this a preventable?
January 21, 2019
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Preventable or not? Driver collides with quick-entering sports car
Check out this scenario of a trucker hitting a Mustang. Get details on the situation and share your thoughts on whether this accident was preventable or not.
January 14, 2019
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Preventable or not? Hard braking for deer spells trouble
This post explores whether or not the decision this trucker made to avoid a deer, which ended up causing damage was preventable or not. Click to learn about it.
November 25, 2018
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Preventable or not? Trucker’s rig mauled by mall maniac
A trucker pulls out of a truck stop and heads toward an intersection when a crazed man in a Dodge hits his rig. Find out if it's a preventable accident or not!
September 20, 2018
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Preventable or not: Merging four-wheeler mauls truck’s fender
Was this accident preventable or not? You decide. A merging four-wheeler hits a truck's fender. Read all about what happened here on Commercial Carrier Journal.
September 9, 2018
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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
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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
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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
John Doe didn’t notice an overhead door had been lowered partially before he began to exit the dock area and damaged both the door and his exhaust stack. Was this a preventable accident?
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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