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97 feets long * USA - That string of trucks just got a little longer
St. Louis,MO,USA -The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, by Elisa Crouch -26 Mar 2007: -- ... Last week, the Federal Highway Administration loosened its length limitations on "four-ways," a slang term for a truck towing three other trucks. Used to be, they couldn't stretch longer than 75 feet. Now it's 97. Just what we needed... There's been increased pressure from truck safety groups to reduce the number of truck-related deaths, which reached about 5,200 in 2005, according to the Truck Safety Coalition. That same year, Congress said OK to the 97-foot-long truck combinations... Nevertheless, the rule published last week by the Federal Highway Administration cites studies from groups that say safety concerns from the truck drivers are unfounded. It's nice to think that's true. But there's something about a line of trucks 97 feet long that's pretty scary at 70 mph...
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