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Article #13033Re: Route 81 - railroad
From: Philo
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:00
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On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 17:02:58 GMT, wb8foz@netcom.com (David Lesher) wrote: >And the trucking lobby keep slamming bigger and bigger payloads >onto the roadbed. Further, while the larger carriers [the ones worth >suing..] tend to have good maintenance, many of the smaller ones are >deathtraps to the rest of us. (Recall that fly-by-night bozo who >flipped a triaxle dump onto a 16 y.o honor student a while back?) I've always separated semi/TT's from dump trucks; it seems to me (from casual observation, not intense study) that there's a pretty significant difference in certification and licensing of drivers. For the most part, my perception is that most TT's are operated pretty responsibly - better than the average motorist, while dump trucks seem to be the most negligent drivers on the road. Philo
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