Large trucks — Vermont Permit Test
Large trucks on the Vermont permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
In more than 70% of fatal crashes involving automobiles and trucks, it was the driver of the other vehicle, not the truck driver, who caused the crash.
The number is here because most drivers assume the opposite, and drive around trucks accordingly.
In more than 70% of fatal crashes involving automobiles and trucks, it was the driver of the other vehicle, not the truck driver, who caused the crash.
In four out of five fatal crashes involving trucks, the driver of the other vehicle was killed.
The weight difference decides who walks away, which is the whole reason for giving a truck room.
In four out of five fatal crashes involving trucks, the driver of the other vehicle was killed.
The bigger the truck, the bigger the driver's blind spots, the more room it needs to maneuver, the longer it takes to stop, and the longer it takes you to pass it.
Every one of those four grows together, so a bigger truck is harder to be near in four ways at once.
The bigger the driver’s blind spots.
On the test
Who causes most fatal crashes between cars and large trucks?
The driver of the other vehicle, in more than 70% of them. The number is here because most drivers assume the opposite, and drive around trucks accordingly. 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, p.43: “In more than 70% of fatal crashes involving automobiles and trucks, it was the driver of the other vehicle, not the truck driver, who caused the crash.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, published by the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-15.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/VT.pdf (2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, form VN-007, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/VT.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 1, folioMarker, nonLawPages, signGalleryPages and the extraction flag, each with its basis)