Article: Big rigs roll into town

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: Feschuk, Dave: Every Highway: Riding Shotgun in the Big ...
Biography;  June 22, 2006 ;     430 words ... ... Every Highway: Riding Shotgun in the Big Rigs. Dave Feschuk. Toronto: McClelland ... Every Highway: Riding Shotgun in the Big Rigs, which chronicles his life as a passenger in a handful of big rigs on the 'black ribbon,' as truckers ...

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 ...

Article: LAUTENBERG BILL WOULD BAN BIG RIGS IN N.J.
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  May 14, 1991 ;     580 words ... ... 14-1991 LAUTENBERG BILL WOULD BAN BIG RIGS IN N.J. By Eugene Kiely, Washington ... the New Jersey Democrat said. "These big rigs don't belong on our highways." Lautenberg ... trailer is 28 feet long. But the "big rigs" allowed in some states -- mostly in ...

Article: Florida Congressman Urges State to Ban Big Rigs ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... examine whether to lower the speed limit for big rigs and restrict them to certain lanes on ... Florida were killed in wrecks that involved big rigs. On I-4, truck wrecks rose almost ... popular with voters. Many drivers fear the big rigs that blow by on the highway and would ...