Traffic safety is of great importance to us all. In America, many accidents occur every year on our highways. Annually in the United States, there are about 5.4 million car crashes. This is the total number of crashes that do not result in any deaths, or fatalities.

Many of the accidents result in fatalities, unfortunately. There are many reasons for these accidents. More than 30,000 fatal car accidents happened on roads in the United States in 2014. Some of the reasons for these fatal accidents are speeding (31%), distraction (16%) , drunk driving (32%) and weather-related incidents (11%).

These statistics are so disturbing and sad for us all. Another fact from 2013 reveals that accidents involving distracted drivers injured 424,000 people and killed 3,154 individuals. That same year, 2013, saw 3,906 trucks involved in fatal crashes, according to the US Department of Transportation.

We all know that sharing the road with a big rig, semi or tractor trailer can be in