Foggy Condition Cause Fatal Truck Accidents on California Freeways.
Jim Steinberg and Venessa Colon from the Fesno Bee reported yesterday about a string of collisions in the Central Valley, one of which caused the tragic death of a Lemoore women, near the town of Caruthers. The Article “Crash in Dense Fog Kills Women Lemoore driver dies in one of 3 collisions on Valley Highway” details the events leading up to this fatal accident and two other valley accidents.
It can be a scary commute across the central valley. Especially this time of year where thousands of motorist commute from Southern California Cities such as Los Angeles, Orange County, Ventura, Simi Valley up to Northern California for the holiday. And vice versa. We have to share the 5 and 99 freeway through the valley with these big rig trucks. Its important that as we make this drive we slow down to help protect ourselves and our passengers, we can not count on the truck drivers.
The common factor in each of the reported collisions was fog and big rigs. This is a deadly combination. Its unfortunate that we have to read with sadness these stories every year when the fog sets in and reduces visibility sometimes to zero. I think that in conditions such as this, Big Rig trucks should be grounded and not allowed on the roads until conditions become safer. Similar to the grounding of airplanes when the conditions make it unsafe to travel.
This photograph shows the sheer destruction of vehicles that are hit by big rigs.
In an earlier entries " Big trucks cause injuries on Los Angeles Freeways" and "Truck accident kills man in Los Angeles Westlake District." I discussed the dangers of trucks on our highways. The foggy conditions magnify these dangers. The article by Steinberg and Colon in the Fresno Bee give good tips of safe driving in the fog. Additional driving tips can be found at California Highway Patrol Web Page “Fog Driving Safety Tips”
If you must travel during foggy condition, please follow these safe driving tips.
An important message from The Halpern Law Firm , is to be careful out there and have a safe holiday season. If you or a loved one is an unfortunate victim of an accident, its important to take the immediate steps to protect your legal rights and insure fair and just recovery. The attorneys at the The Halpern Law Firm will listen to your story and provide you with the best legal advise so that you can begin to heal, knowing that your rights and recovery are being protected.
