{"id":6653,"date":"2015-08-24T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drivercheck.net\/wp\/?p=6653"},"modified":"2021-11-09T12:31:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T17:31:15","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-a-truck-collision-and-a-truck-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/10.10.0.150\/what-is-the-difference-between-a-truck-collision-and-a-truck-accident","title":{"rendered":"What Is The Difference Between A Truck Collision And A Truck Accident?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Truck<\/a>\u201cCollision\u201d and \u201caccident\u201d sound like interchangeable terms; however, there is a significant difference in meaning when it comes to commercial driving safety and legal liability. To better understand the nuances at play here, let\u2019s start with some definitions.\u00a0Simply stated, \u201caccident\u201d denotes a non-preventable incident for which the driver has no responsibility. \u201cCollision\u201d refers to an incident that the driver could have prevented by taking reasonable action. The next question then becomes, what is a \u201creasonable action\u201d?<\/p>\n

One way to look at this is to ask, what would the majority of people define as reasonable? (And, for legal purposes, one might ask, what would a jury define as being reasonable?) For example, if a vehicle moves into your lane, would it be reasonable for you to drive onto the shoulder of the road to avoid a collision? Assuming there was ample space, and that there were no people or vehicles on the shoulder of the road, most people would probably say that taking such an action would be reasonable.<\/p>\n

But what if there were people walking on the shoulder of the road? Most people would say that, under those conditions, it would not be reasonable to pull onto the shoulder of the road to avoid a collision.\u00a0We all want our employees to be safety-conscious drivers. That is, we want them to have a goal of doing everything reasonable to avoid a collision, regardless of who is at fault. To do this, drivers must be able to:<\/p>\n