Hello. You may already know that the biggest and heaviest vehicles allowed on our roads are called big trucks. Even a child knows that trucks are used to carry stuff from one place to another.

You probably wont know that the word truck is derived from the Greek word “Trochos” meaning “wheel”.

Because trucks are so large and heavy it means that roads get damaged and worn down quickly. In most countries with good roads a truck is allowed to carry 50 thousand kg.

Unfortunately trucks also pollute our atmosphere . A truck is legally heavy duty if it weighs more than 8 and a half thousand pounds.

Big trucks are legally allowed by the government to emit as much pollution as 12 cars but the truth is that most big trucks emit a lot more than that. Some as much as 200 times more pollution than a car.

Cars are the vehicles most effected in the cities and suburbs. Because traffic drives so close together a car can be very vulnerable to a truck because of the trucks size and weight.

A worrying statistic shows that when it comes to accidents between a car and a big truck over 90%+ the people in the car die. This is why a lot of people are scared to share the roads with trucks.

Something else that worries people is that because of air turbulence a truck can pull a car under it’s wheels in seconds or push the car away into on coming traffic.

However it’s nice to know that even though these huge beasts can be so dangerous the drivers are often trained to a very high standard and according to some statistics show that commercial truck drivers are some of the safest drivers on the roads.

And another thing to help put peoples minds at rest is accidents involving trucks have gone down 20 percent compared to 10 years ago.

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