Description: | When a truck is involved in an accident with a car or another smaller vehicle, the consequences can be extreme. Commercial trucks often weigh 20-30 times as much as a car and can take 20 to 40 percent longer to stop at a given speed on a dry, adequately maintained road. In wet conditions, or if the truck’s brakes have not been properly maintained, it can take much longer, but many drivers mistakenly believe that a fully loaded tractor-trailer can stop as quickly as their car can, with often disastrous results. |