[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Coming soon to a freeway near you?\u00a0 Big rigs tailgating each other at high speeds with only a few feet of separation.\u00a0 Thought it may seem a disconcerting sight, new technologies will make the practice of ‘platooning’ a safer experience.\u00a0 The same technology could help prevent trucks from rear-ending other vehicles.<\/p>\n
Platooning refers to the practice of two big rigs traveling in a pair, using each other to improve fuel efficiency by utilizing a truck’s slipstream.\u00a0 Slipstreaming, or drafting, is a proven method of increasing fuel efficiency, even inspiring a test on Mythbusters<\/a>, which confirmed the ‘myth’.\u00a0 However, some safety experts still have concerns.<\/p>\n The concerns do not have much to do with the platooning technology, the truck drivers, or even driverless trucks.\u00a0 The biggest safety concern is other drivers on the freeway.\u00a0 No one truly knows how drivers will react to seeing two or more trucks traveling 70 mph with only a couple of car lengths between them.\u00a0 Will a driver try to cut through that small space to reach an exit?\u00a0 Will drivers speed or slow to try and get around the convoys?\u00a0 How would other drivers’ behavior affect the technology?\u00a0 Other questions have been raised as well.<\/p>\n See the full news article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n None of these questions address the concerns of liability in the event of a crash.\u00a0 With the safety improvements, it would be less likely that a big rig is actually to blame in a crash, but if one does happen, who is liable for damages?\u00a0 The truck driver, truck company, software engineers, software company, or other entities could all have partial blame in a crash.\u00a0 As the future quickly approaches, the Law Offices of Scott Warmuth<\/a> will be ready to represent the victims of car accidents.\u00a0 Call 888-517-9888<\/strong> today for a free injury consultation<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Coming soon to a freeway near you?\u00a0 Big rigs tailgating each other at high speeds with only a few feet of separation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auto-accident"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/law888.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}