Sharing the road with large commercial vehicles
MTO Driver’s Handbook: Safe and Responsible Driving, Sharing the road with large commercial vehicles
Recent data show that the majority of fatalities in collisions involving large commercial trucks come from the other driver's actions, not the truck driver's, so sharing the road with a tractor-trailer or a bus means you must always be aware of a large vehicle's capabilities and limitations.
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Practice questions on this card
- ON-611In collisions that involve large commercial trucks, most of the deaths are caused by whose actions?
- ON-612You cannot see the truck driver's face in the truck's side mirror. What does that tell you?
- ON-613A large truck ahead of you is turning right and first swings out to the left. What should you do?
- ON-614You have just passed a large vehicle. When should you move back into its lane?