Article: Feschuk, Dave: Every Highway: Riding Shotgun in the Big Rigs.(Brief article)(Book review)

Article: Nevada puts troopers inside some big rigs
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  October 1, 2009 ;     309 words ...RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Watch out for those big rigs on Nevada highways -- a state trooper may be riding shotgun and ready to nab motorists who cut off the tractor-trailers. The Nevada Highway Patrol is leasing three tractor-trailers and ...

Article: Fiftysomething couples hit the road in big rigs: ...
Sunday Gazette-Mail;  August 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... driving teams, and truck makers are trying to make their big rigs feel more like rolling homes away from home. Paccar Inc ... Risk Inc., a safety consulting firm in Bolingbrook, Ill. Riding shotgun with a spouse also can make drivers less likely to speed ...

Article: Big rigs roll into town
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  August 27, 2001 ;     651 words ... ... The Kansas Motor Carriers Association Big Rigs for Kansas Kids food drive convoy was ... food could enjoy a ride in one of the big rigs. Charity: Those with a hankering get ... The Capital-Journal The third annual Big Rigs for Kansas Kids food drive reached its ...

Article: BIG RIGS, BIG MESS TRUCK COLLISION SNARLS ...
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  October 1, 2002 ;     509 words ...Byline: Daily News NEWHALL - Five big rigs collided on the northbound Golden State ... causing a chain reaction with two other big rigs following Takhar, she said. Takhar ... color) A collision involving five big rigs, left, keeps traffic on the northbound ...

Article: BIG RIGS ARE TOO BIG FOR N.Y. THE ISSUE A GROUPS ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  July 19, 1994 ;     647 words ... ... south to Western Avenue has seen them big rigs that peel off at Exit 24, barrelling ... rollover pit. In fact, fast-moving big rigs pose a safety risk not only on major thoroughfares ... And as a railroad official added, the big rigs spew more pollution, and consume more ...

Article: BIG RIGS A BIG RISK ON U.S. HIGHWAYS.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 3, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... in one-sided confrontations with the big rigs that increasingly dominate the nation ... on city and town roads. The number of big rigs on the road is expected to climb at least ... improves, the increasing number of big rigs on the road has kept the death rate from ...

Article: Some blame big rigs for Highway 12 crashes: ...
Record (Stockton, CA);  May 6, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... of those who attended complained that big rigs are the reason why the road is so deadly ... Transportation. But the proportion of big rigs has held steady at around 14 percent ... indicate a disproportionate number of big rigs are involved in traffic accidents on Highway ...