Sentences with phrase «road as a truck»

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The company, based in Fullerton, California, retrofits large diesel - powered vehicles such as garbage trucks and off - road construction equipment with a system that cuts smog - causing emissions by as much as 90 percent.

German auto group Daimler AG (DDAiY) has been granted a license by the state of Nevada to test self - driving trucks on public roads, as the United States and Europe race to establish a regulatory framework for autonomous vehicles.

GMC is aiming the truck at customers who want a more premium pickup with off - road kit such as a locking rear differential and a 2 - inch lift right off the shelf.

On the drone program's website they insist that «One day, seeing Prime Air vehicles will be as normal as seeing mail trucks on the road.»

So next time a tractor - trailer passes by, or you're at the local grocery store as a truck docks in the delivery bay, you're not just looking at an impressive 18 - wheeler traveling the road with your holiday meal that will stock the shelves, or toys for the children in your family, you're looking at a vital machine for New Hampshire's economic growth, prosperity and future.

And most of the fuel delivered as part of the relief effort was stuck in San Juan because roads weren't passable and truck drivers couldn't get to work.

SAN FRANCISCO — Walt Martin spent a decade as a long - haul truck driver, logging as many as 200,000 miles a year on the road.

Not long ago, technology and automobile companies were talking as though the time was just around the corner when human drivers would be sharing the road with cars and trucks barreling along the highways under machine...

Since last November, Russia has introduced 28 import duty and export subsidies affecting steel, oil and other products as well as imposed special road tolls on trucks from the EU, Switzerland and Turkmenistan.

The brutalities of the Chinese regime have also had a toxic effect on China's public moral culture, as was demonstrated last year in a widely - viewed YouTube video: a truck driver in a Chinese city ran over a small child who was crawling across the street, stopped» and then ran over the child again, as if the toddler were so much road - kill.

In its effort to take the high road of spiritual insearch, theology abolished its own need for theology as such, since it would no longer have truck with scholarly precision or strict rules of interpretation.

A former Chicago truck driver, Ray could certainly find his way around, but when he called me with an invitation to explore the world of North Carolina barbecue as part of the research for his third book, Dr. BBQ's Barbecue Road Trip, how could I refuse?

Also new this year is the addition of two gourmet food trucks, a fun trend happening around the country, as top chefs put their award winning restaurant menus «on the road» in city streets, parks and catered events.

Now it is a life on wheels with all the problems of such a life: two small daughters who have to sleep on a shelf of the truck Garlits uses as transportation; a wife trying to make a home on the road; short, frantic visits to places like Half Moon Bay and Yellow Belly and Cicero and Oswego; road maps and strong coffee and restless sleep at roadside.

Once a rickety truck, vintage of John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath, was rattling along the road which bordered the 18th fairway as Pro Frank Stranahan was addressing his approach shot.

Martin is a truck mechanic by trade, but rose to fame through his road racing (such as the fearsome Isle of Man TT) and TV shows focused on engineering and his adventures.

In the meantime, the council bosses said the 57 LGAs and LCDAs in the State would deploy security personnel and Vigilante to the main streets in their neighborhood to combat the menace, and also deploy more tippers and trucks to complement ongoing efforts to evacuate waste from road medians and in the communities, just as they urged Community Development Associations (CDAs) and the residents in general to team up with government to restore a clean environment across the State.

Most of the workers who drive the trucks, who fix the roads that you see are indigenes of those states and so they aggregate to the total output from each of those states to the national productivity and national recovery, what you will then see is improved journey time which was what we promised you as we cover more grounds.

Hydro - fracking is not just about drilling into the ground, but running hugely powerful diesel engines to create the necessary pressure to fracture the underground shale as well as fleets of heavy duty trucks criss - crossing rural and scenic roads carrying heavy equipement and toxic by - products, including uranium.

As the sight of trucks and plows on icy roads becomes a winter memory, a study from the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies reveals the impact of road salt on private drinking water wells.

NEW YORK, NY — The New York State Thruway Authority, New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and the Trucking Association of New York today announced «Safety Breaks» as part of the Trucking Association's Share the Road program to educate the general motoring public about the blind spots around large commercial trucks.

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He cites opposition by residents of Dusinberre Road to heavy truck traffic passing through their neighborhood en route to Steve's Lane as an example of a controversial facet of business - related zoning.

In a written response, the executive director of the Thruway Authority, Tom Madison, says large trucks put «thousands of times more wear and tear on the road» than cars but are currently charged just five times as much as passenger vehicles.

In a written response, the Executive Director of the Thruway Authority, Tom Madison, says large trucks put «thousands of times more wear and tear on the road» than cars but are currently charged just five times as much as passenger vehicles.

«The truck traffic isn't nearly as bad as it used to be,» Soltau said, «while, at the same time, a huge amount of local opposition, as you tend to see on new road projects, cropped up.»

And if hydrogen is fed into a fuel - cell stack — a batterylike device that generates electricity from hydrogen and oxygen — it can propel an electric car or truck with only water and heat as by - products [see «On the Road to Fuel - Cell Cars,» by Steven Ashley; Scientific American, March 2005].

By looking at aspects such as load factor (how well the space in / on pallets, crates and trucks is utilized) and the proportion of intermodal transports (where road transport is combined with rail or sea transport), she identified which shipments are most effective to work with, and the best way of doing this.

The researchers point out that heavy steel reinforced hulls add to fuel consumption, but one solution could be that the system gets assistance ice breaking vessels that clear water routes, much as plow trucks keep roads open in the winter.

The concept has developed to the point where the truck can safely handle obstacles on the road and carry out tasks such as picking up and unloading gravel.

Built as a road movie in its first hour of footage, the film accompanies a truck driver on his way from Kosovo to Belgrade... It's in the whole of this journey where the film seems more robust... [Full review in Spanish]

For his part, though he doesn't exactly top the gritty, straightahead car chase that anchors the otherwise routine Bullitt, director Peter Yates revs up a few action set - pieces, such as a tense moment early on when scooter - riding Berke and Sanders are driven off the road by a big truck, a lengthy shark attack, and an explosive finale.

The pair hit the road in JR's comical little truck, disguised as a camera with a photo booth in the back; people step into it to be photographed, and the apparatus spits out a poster - sized photograph of them.

David Mann (Dennis Weaver) is on his way to a meeting with a client way out woop - woop, driving his nice and shiny new red Plymouth (much like the valiant my father used to own) when a short «incident» with a very run down truck triggers off a sequence of events that can only really be described as pre-meditated road rage.

As she hits the road, she's blindsided by a truck and wakes up chained to a bed.

The latest poster is all smiles too as Chef Carl Casper (Favreau) hits the road in a food truck, having quit his high profile job suddenly after disagreements with his boss (Dustin Hoffman).

Will you make a flat bed truck or a road maker for ps4 please it would make the game a lot more fun to play comment back soon as you can.

This time around, we're doing his very first movie, the made - for - TV thriller Duel, starring Dennis Weaver as a nebbish 1970s wimp dealing with the worst case of road rage imaginable — the unseen driver of a monstrous, murderous semi truck that seems to stop at nothing to terrorize him.

As Ray's condition worsens, and Lean on Pete is slated to be sent to Mexico, Charley steals the horse in Del's truck in the middle of the night and takes to the road, seeking to find his way to Wyoming to look for Aunt Margy, without knowing anything about her whereabouts.

As he drove, Curry noticed a National Park Service truck parked by side of the road, and he seized the opportunity.

The House will take up the texting while driving ban aka «TTYL» bill (HB2) sponsored by Rep. Jim McClendon, Rep. Mac McCutcheon's legislation adding utility trucks and wreckers to the list of vehicles for which drivers are required to slow down and move into a vacant lane for when parked on the side of the road (HB76), and Rep. Allen Farley's bill to crack down on synthetic drugs known as «spice» or «salts» (HB158).

The engine an SVT Truck Deserves Even as they launched their new SVT Raptor last summer, Ford SVT engineers and product planners sheepishly conceded that the 5.4 - liter V - 8 under the Raptor's enormous snout didn't match the truck's outrageous off - road capabilities.

At least SVT's new truck drives well enough on - road, as long as you're not in tight quarters with other traffic.

Very happy with this truck, as a daily driver, and weekend off road.

The truck's newly available 2.8 - liter inline - four Duramax turbodiesel engine, which puts down 369 lb - ft of torque and is capable of towing as much as 7,700 pounds, doesn't struggle a bit as we leave the ranch and head uphill on a winding two - lane road.

Big, truck - based luxury SUVs faced just as rocky a road as the Motor City over the past 10 years, yet both the Escalade and the Navigator got a new lease despite all the odds.

Perhaps the best part about the SVT Raptor is not its off - road prowess, but its surprising capability as an everyday work truck on the road.

But if you have ever, as I did, imagined what the ride is actually like, know that it feels more akin to an off - road modified street truck, although with noticeably more capability than your average road - going F - 150.

Easy to park and drive around the city and very capable where the roads aren't paved; this is about as well - executed as a mid-size truck / car combination can get.