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The lack of visibility of large trucks on the road after dark is a major factor in many accidents which our lawyers have investigated. The scientific term used to describe this area of study is “conspicuity.” Conspicuity refers to the factors of (1) perceiving that something is on the dark road ahead, (2) identifying the object as a large truck, (3) appreciating the truck’s position and slower speed as a danger, and (4) stimulating you to take evasive maneuvers to avoid the imminent collision.<\/p>\n

Many car-into-truck accidents occur in the dark of night, when a large truck or tractor-trailer rig is pulling onto a road or backing into a driveway. Often, the tractor’s headlights are aimed toward the oncoming driver and they create a “wall of glare” that conceals the fact that the trailer behind it is stretched dangerously across the dark road ahead.<\/p>\n

Since the 1960’s, the trucking industry had known about the safety benefits of reflective tape, but generally ignored the conspicuity issue. Studies in the 1970’s showed that truck underride crashes at night were often “surprise” events to the oncoming driver, who didn’t perceive the truck until it was too late to avoid the crash, and they noted that reflective tape could help solve this problem.<\/p>\n

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The lack of visibility of large trucks on the road after dark is a major factor in many accidents which our lawyers have investigated. The scientific term used to describe this area of study is “conspicuity.” Conspicuity refers to the factors of (1) perceiving that something is on the dark road ahead, (2) identifying the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-1589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury-wrongful-death","tag-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"\nVisibility Factors in Nightime Truck Accidents — Trial Attorney Blog — August 6, 2007<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The lack of visibility of large trucks on the road after dark is a major factor in many accidents which our lawyers have investigated. 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