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SAFETY * USA - Big trucks need hour counters
Washington,DC,USA -Indianapolis Star (Indianapolis,IN), by Raju Chebium/Gannett News Service -21 May 2007: -- Large trucks -- delivery vans to 18-wheelers -- were involved in 5,000 fatal accidents on U.S. highways and 82,000 crashes where someone was injured in one year... Experts say drowsy truck drivers who've been behind the wheel for long periods caused many of those crashes in 2005, the most recent year for which statistics are available, but no one knows how many... Mark Rosenker, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, says the government must require the industry to use electronic onboard recorders to make sure drivers comply with federal "hours of service" regulation...
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