Tennessee Car Tractor-Trailer Collision Takes Life Of Teen Driver
Tennessee Car-Tractor-Trailer Fatality
As an experienced Nashville automobile accident attorney, when I read about a traffic accident I try, in my mind’s eye, to visualize the crash and the moments leading up to it. Reference an article on the website of WSMV-TV of Nashville which describes a Tennessee car tractor-trailer collision on I-24 near Pleasant View, Tennessee. According to the article a 19-year-old woman rammed right into the rear of a tractor-trailer traveling in the same lane directly in front of her. My sympathies and prayers go out the family and friends of this young lady. I hope they find the answers to the questions they have.
It’s difficult for this Tennessee car crash lawyer to see how this could have happened unless the teen driver was distracted, drowsy or under the influence of alcohol. I don’t have enough information to make a determination as to the cause of this accident, I’m simply relying on the information in the article, but something had to be going on moments before, and at the time of the collision, to cause the young lady to take her eyes and her mind off of her driving and ram the rear end of a tractor-trailer truck.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration driver inattention is the leading factor in most crashes. Nearly 80 percent of crashes and 65 percent of near-crashes involved some form of driver inattention within three seconds before the event. Primary causes of driver inattention are distracting activities, such as cell phone use, and drowsiness.
If you or a loved one is injured or killed in a Tennessee interstate highway collision caused by a distracted teen driver contact the experienced Nashville automobile accident attorney’s at Phillip Miller & Associates and find out about your rights and remedies.
Fatalities from crashes involving young drivers have accounted for one-fifth of all fatalities on the Nation’s roads. This population of young drivers has specific characteristics that set them apart from older drivers as well as a specific set of laws pertaining to their ability to drive. Previous research has shown that young drivers lack the experience behind the wheel that most older drivers have, do not have the same maturity level as older drivers, and are more prone to risk-taking behavior
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