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Safer Trucking * USA - CDOT Strives For In Mountains
When it comes to accidents involving semi-trucks, they are predominately caused by the fact that truckers don't put on chains when they shouldSilverthorne,CO,USA -CBS4, by Andrea Lopez -Aug 18, 2007: -- ... According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, during the 2006-2007 ski season between the months of September and April, truck accidents closed I-70 for a total of 15 hours and nine minutes. The total time during that same period in which trucks blocked a single lane of the interstate accounted for 114 hours and 39 minutes... Living in the high country and frequently using the interstate, State Representative Dan Gibbs, a Democrat based out of Silverthorne, decided to do something about the problem. He sponsored a bill that increases the fines for truckers who don't obey the chain up law. The fine used to be $100 for a truck driver who got caught without chains when the law was in effect, and $500 if that driver's truck blocked a lane. Under this new bill, which was signed into law this year, those fines will go up to $500 and $1000 respectively... (Photo by geocities.com)
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