Crossing Interstate Median Sparks Fatal Tractor-Trailer Collision
Stay Out Of Interstate Medians
There are a few simple, yet important, rules that one must follow when driving on an interstate highway. Keeping a good look out for other vehicles, staying at or near the speed limit, avoiding distractions and employing your signals when changing lanes, might just make your trip safe and successful. There is also a list of things that you should never do and one of the top items on the “don’t do” list is to try to reverse course by attempting to cross the median to get to the opposite lanes of traffic.
According to an article on the website of WBIR TV in Knoxville this is precisely the move 63-year old Donna Brennan, an Overton County woman made last Saturday. According to the THP Ms. Brennan was heading east when she decided to reverse course and go the other way. Moments after she made the fatal attempt she died in a firey crash. She entered the lane and was immediately hit head-on by a tractor-trailer hauling furniture. A second tractor-trailer was unable to stop and it crashed into the two vehicles.
Albert Galvin and his wife Carolyn were both airlifted to the UT Medical Center in serious but stable condition while the driver and passenger in the second truck were unhurt. My sympathy and prayers go out to the family and friends of Ms. Brennan and my hopes and prayers for a speedy recovery to Mr. And Mrs. Galvin.
Interstate Highway Driving Is Different
Traffic on interstates usually moves more safely and efficiently because access is controlled. There are no stop signs, no railroad crossings and no traffic lights. Interstates usually have few steep hills or sharp curves to limit the view of the road ahead. Limited access or controlled access means that drivers enter or leave the roadway only at entrances and exits, called interchanges, without ever crossing the path of other traffic. Interstates and divided highways have largely removed the chance of head-on collisions.
Interstate driving requires good skills and habits so you can safely get where you are going. Safe use of the interstates demands a complete awareness of a higher speed type of driving and constant alertness by the driver. In Tennessee you may not drive over or across any dividing section or separation in the roadway. Only emergency vehicles and highway maintenance crews may cross an interstate median legally.
If you or a loved on is injured or killed in an Tennessee tractor-trailer car accident you owe it to yourself to take advantage of a free consultation with the experienced Tennessee automobile tractor-trailer accident attorney’s at Phillip Miller & Associates to find out about your rights and remedies.
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