Interstate 81: A Dangerous Route in Pennsylvania Due to the Volume of Heavy Truck Traffic
It was with great interest that I read a story written by Carole Tarrant on Sunday, May 30, 2010 in the Roanoke Times. Ms. Tarrant writes about a situation that I have been aware of for at least 20 years as an experienced Pennsylvania truck and car accident attorney and as a driver familiar with Pennsylvania Interstate 81. Specifically, big rigs and truckers seem to dominant Interstate 81's stream of traffic. The author noted that large trucks crowd you out, cut you off, run up your rear, and go way too slow scaling the steep mountains. Trucks seem to easily outnumber cars on Route 81. Many people have been catastrophically injured or killed on Route 81 in catastrophic truck accidents. So much so that roanoke.com decided to create a forum of reporters to compile and interpret the wealth of traffic data concluding that I-81 is unusual due to its high percentage of truck traffic and because the outcomes of accidents when trucks are involved happen to be especially poor.
As our law office has investigated many truck accidents on Interstate 81, I applaud the efforts of Carole Tarrant and her team at roanoke.com and The Roanoke Times for their investigative series seeking facts behind fears of Interstate 81 and bringing the same to the public’s as well as lawmakers’ attention.
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