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Crashes at the ports are becoming an all too common occurrence as truckers line
\nup at terminal gates and jockey for position to get in and get out as painlessly as
\npossible.<\/p>\n
At the port, traffic control is often an oxymoron. There can be trucks entering and exiting the gates from all different directions with line stalkers looking for the opportunity to cut in on truckers who leave room and\/or attempt not to block onstreet traffic lanes. With inflamed tensions, trucks bottleneck at the gates. There is obvious work to be done for the ports and truckers to come together to keep tensions in check and the traffic flowing as smoothly as possible.<\/p>\n
Be aware that in those instances when trucks are too close together and tensions
\nare heightened, collisions are occurring at an increased rate – it is a very frustrating
\nsituation for all involved. On the insurance side, the ports aren\u2019t allowing claims
\nprofessionals entrance inside the terminal gates to perform investigations. Truckers
\nneed to understand that because of this, it becomes a \u201che said\u201d, \u201cshe said\u201d
\nscenario. And, if the other guy has photo evidence and\/or witnesses to corroborate
\nhis claim, the preponderance of evidence can favor the other guy. Our claims
\nprofessionals need you to be aware of this situation and be prepared to take photos
\nof the accident scene. Take wide (panoramic) shots as well as closeups, and if
\nyou can, get names and numbers of any witnesses. Notable is that we have had
\ninstances where a trucker who hit one of our guys produced witnesses that (while
\nthey were at the port) were not at the collision site at the time of the collision. It was
\nonly through photographic evidence that we were able to discredit those witnesses.<\/p>\n
While the ports around the country are making efforts to smooth the flow of traffic
\nthrough appointments, extended gate hours and other efficiencies it is still the
\nresponsibility of truck drivers to operate safely. And, if\/when you have a collision
\npreserve the scene as best as you can through photos\/video and get names and
\nnumbers of any witnesses.<\/p>\n
These simple actions will go a long way towards defending your liability and
\nprotecting your safety record and loss ratio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Crashes at the ports are becoming an all too common occurrence as truckers line up at terminal gates and jockey for position to get in and get out as painlessly as possible. At the port, traffic control is often an oxymoron. There can be trucks entering and exiting the gates from all different directions … Continue reading Port collisions among truckers are on the rise<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.insure-ccia.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.insure-ccia.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.insure-ccia.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.insure-ccia.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.insure-ccia.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.insure-ccia.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229,"href":"http:\/\/www.insure-ccia.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224\/revisions\/229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.insure-ccia.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.insure-ccia.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.insure-ccia.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}