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May 23, 2014

SAFETY ROADS * USA: Dangerous truckers

* Pensilvania - Trucker column provokes strong reactions

(Photo by Chris Knight/THE MORNING CALL: Three people were killed in this fiery crash on Interstate 78 in Berks County last week when a tractor-trailer in the passing lane smashed into a row of cars from behind) Allentown,PA,USA -The Morning Call, by Paul Carpenter -May 20, 2014: ... "A truck will be in the right lane, then swing out into the left lane in front of a car to pass another vehicle, forcing the car in the left lane to hit the brakes" ... That "is because once [truckers] hit the brakes and lose momentum, it can take them a very long time to build that speed up again … and eat up a lot of fuel." He called on car drivers to just stay out of the way. "Simply back off," TruckerMike said. "Show a little thoughtfulness" ... One of the best ways to reduce dangerous driving by salaried company truckers (independents have incentives of their own to be responsible) might be to heed Shotko's simple and incisive point: Reduce the motive for truckers to be hellbent on bullying everyone out of the way. Require that they be paid by the hour, as done years ago, instead of by the mile...

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