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NTSB Report into the 2019 fatal collision of a Tesla Model 3 car with a semi-tractor trailer, FL

Highway Accident Brief 20/01 details the NTSB’s investigation of the collision of a 2018 Tesla Model 3 car with a 2019 International semi-tractor trailer on U.S. Highway 441 in Delray Beach, in which the 50-year-old driver of the car died. The 45-year-old truck driver was uninjured.

The scene in daylight. (Photo added by Road safety USA.)

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Pick-up Trucks on Raised Suspension are Even More Deadly

In some parts of the USA, pick-up trucks with raised bodies are referred to as ‘jacked-up.’  The problem is that while large pick-up trucks are already dangerous vehicles (see below), raised pick-ups can be particularly deadly.

A jacked-up pick-up truck.
In some states, simply raising the height of a vehicle’s bumpers is illegal and this typically prevents owners from jacking-up their pick-up trucks. (Copyright image, 2019.)

So why are pick-up trucks dangerous in the first place, and why does raising their height make matters worse?
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