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LCV * USA - More really big rigs may cut trucking costs
Middletown,NY,USA -Record On Line -30 Aug 2010: -- The New York State Thruway from Buffalo to New York City, it is the only highway in New York where trucking companies can run tandems, also known as doubles or longer combination vehicles... Doubles can't even move from the Thruway to another interstate in a neighboring state, except for the Mass Pike, and then the weights for tandems are different there... And so, companies depend on these short-term parking lots where drivers can make up or break up their rigs when they move on and off the Thruway... The federal government first limited tandems to interstates in 1956. The feds then froze size and weight standards in 1991, leaving doubles (and triples in the West) to keep on truckin' in only 20 states... The industry accepts the axiom that trucks subject the highway system to more wear and tear than cars — but trucks also pay significantly more in state and federal vehicle-based taxes than cars to compensate... Which means the elephant in the room is safety. The industry, relying on stats that some say aren't conclusive, maintains that the heavily regulated doubles have better safety records than singles... (Photo from cache2.asset-cache: Rare October Snowstorm Paralyzes Buffalo)
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