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Dump trucks * USA - A load of aggravation for drivers
But their safety record’s not that bad, experts sayFort Myers,FL,USA -The News Press, by Ed Johnson -July 29, 2007: -- ... Not one of the 179 dump truck crashes in Lee County in 2006. Not one of the county’s 121 road deaths, according to state records. It’s hard to hang around Alico Road and not hear complaints about the lumbering leviathans... Statewide, there were 395,696 traffic crashes in 2005, the last year for which complete statistics have been compiled. Those crashes accounted for 5,011 fatalities and 273,532 injuries. Heavy trucks, a category that includes dump trucks, accounted for 5,739 of those crashes, 171 fatalities and 3,358 injuries; just a small fraction of the highway carnage... Southwest Florida is a microcosm of the state. Dump truck accidents result in a relatively small number of deaths and injuries in the region. Still, Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Douglas W. Dodson said dump trucks are one of the lesser hazards on the road... (Photo by Amanda Inscore/news-press.com • Crowded highways and increased truck traffic make it difficult for truck and car drivers to coexist. But officials point out that dump-truck drivers have a professional interest in safety. Automobile drivers would be better served to look out for them, officials say, and not make sudden stops or turns in front of them)
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