I’m retired now, but when I was working I handled liability cases for a major insurer. I handled a great many truck cases over the years. Big trucks have always been problematical, but it has become worse over the last 25 years or so. Independent trucking contractors have a great number of foreign drivers, especially Russians and guys from former Yugoslavia. They have been involved in more incidents than any other group of drivers that I dealt with. They are almost kamikaze in their handling of big rigs.
My father-in-law drove semi’s. My husband can tell a green, negligent, or poorly trained driver a mile off. It’s criminal to let those guys out on the road. Just yesterday, we were coming home from Chicago, driving through Iowa and Kansas, and saw two or three semi’s playing musical lanes. We got the heck away from them as soon as we could.
YouTube is full of Russian car cam videos. It’s a miracle that any Russian arrives at his or destination alive.