FOCUS: Truckers should have “crash avoidance” technology on big rigs

By John Suthers | The tragic deaths of five young women on Interstate 16 recently is a stark reminder of the dangers that tractor-trailers pose to all drivers on Georgia highways.

Five Georgia Southern University nursing students, riding in two cars, died when a tractor-trailer failed to stop for traffic slowed by a prior accident on I-16 in Bryan County during the early morning hours of April 22. Two other students were injured.

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by · May 8, 2015 · Today's Focus