ATRI: A trucker who crashes once is at high risk for another

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With near record-setting truck crashes, research shows that the handful of drivers convicted of failing to obey warning lights are 243% more likely to crash in the future. 

Other forms of reckless driving more than doubled the likelihood of another accident. That’s according to the American Transportation Research Institute’s “Predicting Truck Crash Involvement: 2022 Update” released Tuesday.

A total of 4,965 people died in large-truck crashes in 2020, according to the National Safety Council....

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