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KGNS-TV: Texas Bill Could Increase Amount of Weight Trucks Carry
LAREDO, Texas—A new bill introduced in the Texas state senate is raising concerns from several groups and drivers. The newly proposed bill pushing to increase the total weight of cargo trucks. The Coalition Against Bigger Trucks says their concerns are driver safety and the damage it could bring to roads and bridges …
Corpus Christi Caller-Times: Local leaders oppose larger trucks
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas—Coastal Bend leaders don’t want larger trucks on Texas highways, and they’re making sure Congress knows that. The possibility of legislation expanding the size and weight limitations on large trucks has prompted local leaders to speak out …
Houston Chronicle: Texas road safety questioned in fight for bigger trucks
WASHINGTON—Tim Jayroe, the longtime police chief of Rockport, still remembers the day an 18-wheeler loaded with pipe missed a truck route turnoff and came barreling into one of the town’s busiest intersections, hitting six cars and sending 12 people to the hospital …