Re: A sobering thought

["Gaidos, A." <agaidos@got.net>]

 On HWY17 over the Santa Cruz mountains we have no escape ramps. All day
long all sorts of big rigs from all kinds of past lives are hooked up to
double boxes hauling sand. On a very regular basis the box get ever higher
wood or steel extensions to increase load.
 There's not only the safety factor but the pollution factor as well. We get
to breathe it because choking the masses is cheaper then cleaning them up
and making them safe.
Anton

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Myers <rmyers@inetone.net>
To: Quattro list <quattro@audifans.com>
Date: Thursday, November 11, 1999 6:21 PM
Subject: A sobering thought


>Hi Y'all,
>
>About 25 miles from my home is a stretch of I-64 which has a long (~5
>miles) steep (8%) grade.  Over the years since the highway's construction
>this grade, despite the presence of three escape ramps for out of control
>vehicles, has been the site of numerous accidents involving 18 wheelers.
>
>Last week WV's finest (or so they say) during a five day stretch stopped
>249 18 wheelers on this section of I-64.  49 of them were deemed to be so
>unsafe that they were taken out of action on the spot.  148 citations were
>issued for safety violations.  This is out of only 249 trucks stopped.
>
>Does this information disturb others as much as it does me?  Twenty percent
>were considered to me unsafe for operation.  If that statistic holds
>nationwide we have problems.
>
>
>___
>   Bob
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