Sentences with phrase «trailer driver failed»

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The carmaker continues to grapple with fallout from a fatal Florida crash of a Model S sedan after both the driver and the car's «autopilot» system failed to detect a white tractor - trailer against a «brightly lit sky.»

Tesla says the driver, Joshua Brown, also failed to notice the trailer in time to prevent a collision.

The case stems from a 2008 trucking crash in which a tractor - trailer driver stopped his truck on the interstate after hitting a deer, but he failed to immediately activate the truck's emergency flashers or deflective triangles behind the truck or near the remains of the deer.

Failing to check a blind spot Sometimes a driver may have to take a turn and not check their blind spot, causing a car riding alongside them to be struck by the trailer of the truck, which may completely demolish or flip the other vehicle, again causing potentially devastating injuries to the other driver.