What to Do and What Not to Do Around a Semi Truck

Driving Near Semi Trucks

I drive truck for a living and have done some study on why most accidents happen between cars an trucks. I am going to share my knowledge with you in this guide in the hopes to help make are roads safer. I will start with what not to do,then what to do then a reason why.
   
Merging Onto The Freeway

When you are merging onto the freeway and you see a truck in that lane, don't freak out and slam on your brakes. What you need to do is one of two things speed up or slow down slowly. I will explain if  you are up around the tractor area, that's the area where the driver is do not I repeat do not do; as what i call the "freak out ". The freak out is slamming on your brake, you don't want to do that near the tractor because we see you and already are slowing down all you have to do is speed up.By speeding up you will easily merge in, in front of the truck. If you freak out you cause a problem because we are slowing down for you then when you freak out you are gonna end up coming to a stop which is not good when you are needing to merge onto a freeway. It will also take the truck some time to get back up to speed after having slowed down to let you in. If you find yourself  lined up with the trailer of the truck just slow down slowly until you can merge in behind the truck.Whatever you do, do not try to speed up and get in front of the truck when you are running out of merging lane.

Exiting The Freeway