Partner Kent Emison was interviewed this week as part of the most recent episode of the personal injury podcast After the Crash. Kent talked about what really happens after a truck crash, and the various ways trucking companies cut corners.
✔️ A government study tracked over 3 million miles and 6,000 automatic emergency braking activations, and found zero crashes resulting from those events
✔️ Paccar published data in 2003 showing one second of warning could prevent 90% of rear-end truck accidents, yet two-thirds of trucks on the road today still lack these systems
✔️ The manufacturer’s cost to add collision mitigation technology is between $97 and $200 per truck, yet it’s marked up over 600% and sold as an optional add-on that buyers routinely delete
✔️ Trucking companies deploy rapid response teams to crash scenes, sometimes before injured victims have been removed
✔️ Ghost drivers, predatory freight brokers, and the economics that push small carriers to cut corners
✔️ Reflective tape, underride guards, load shifts, and maintenance failures, the hidden causes that vanish if you don’t investigate immediately.
To view the interview in its entirety: