Safety Tip of the Week: “Stay in your lane.” Translation: It’s normally in your best interest to maintain a single lane of travel until you come to a stop. What could force you to leave your lane? Reasons under your control may be the fact you are traveling too fast for conditions or lose control due to slick roads, loss of vision, cargo shifts, wind, tire failure or mechanic failure. Or maybe you are fatigued. Other reasons for leaving your lane may not be under your control — for example, the driver of a car intentionally cutting you off or being negligently out of control, or an animal hitting your truck. Whatever the situation, you are in a better position and will likely do less harm to yourself and others and create less property damage if you maintain a single lane of travel during any incident. There may be exceptions, but the general rule is this: You are required to always have your vehicle under control. If this is not clear to you, speak with your safety manager, he is very wise and wonderful person and will help in every way possible. During an incident your options may be limited. No one can presume to make the decision for you, and you will have little time to decide for yourself. No matter what you decide be prepared for the consequences. If you are ever involved in an accident and are able to say, “I acted wisely and did everything I could within my power to avoid this outcome,” then you made the right decision.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:16:35 +0000
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