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Article: LETTERS REV FOR BREAK FROM TRUCK TRAFFIC.(EDITORIAL)(PLAIN TALK)(Column)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- June 11, 2003
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Byline: Dave Zweifel
Judging from my mail, I'm far from alone in believing that there ought to be a weekend moratorium on truck traffic.
Some old-fashioned letters and a flurry of e-mails seconded my suggestion that we return to those days of yesteryear when tractor-trailer combinations were banned on Sundays and holidays on busy highways, giving the family sedan a respite from the behemoths that have all but taken over the roadways.
Admittedly, those bans applied to two-lane highways before the interstate system was built to relieve them of incredible congestion. Area highways 12 and 14 were two examples.
But the interstate has now ...