Sentences with phrase «roads by a truck»

The white seal coat, made by a company called GuardTop, is sprayed on roads by a truck.

With hundreds of thousands of trucks driving millions of miles annually, the risk of being seriously injured on the roads by a truck is significant.

$ 100,000 (Full Policy Limits)- Trucking / Big Rig Accident - Los Angeles, CA Driver of automobile run off road by truck making unsafe lane change on 10 Freeway.

Your car might also have been run off the road by a truck whose driver was unaware of your car or by an impaired or distracted driver who panicked and fled the scene.

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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.

These innocuous - sounding «glider kits» account for only 5 % of the trucks on the road today but are growing in numbers and are likely to emit one third of all soot and NOX pollution from long - haul trucks by 2025.

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.

The ATA said recruiting problems are caused in part by truck drivers living a difficult, unconventional lifestyle, with long and tiring on - road hours.

In fact, roughly 70 percent of the nation's freight is moved by nearly 32 million trucks on the road, day in and day out.

That number, however, refers only to the gross vehicle weight (GVW) of the Tesla Semi and is, in fact, exactly the same number used by every Class 8 truck on the road.

The CEO of Navistar issued his electric challenge early this year, declaring that by 2025 his company would have more electric trucks on the road than Tesla (Navistar has 11 % of the Class 8 truck market and is partially owned by Volkswagen).

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.

It's a concert that IS sponsored by the MWR, is completely voluntary (believe me, if anyone were FORCED to go, heads would roll), and can be easily avoided by traversing the various roads and pathways which cross Fort Bragg and it's surrounding areas, via car, truck, or foot.

The Vidalia Onion Committee (VOC) is hitting the road this season by teaming up with the National Turkey Federation to host blogger dinners and food truck events featuring the 13 - year old inspiration and aspiring food truck chef Lucas Hobbs.

I'd give more leeway to Rivera if he had say, been hit by a truck while on the sidewalk, but the guy took himself out when he was drunk driving on the wrong side of the road and hit somebody else's car.

It was done by a six - wheeled, 17,500 - pound truck - tractor out of Fort Dodge, Iowa, the kind you might see behind you on any road: a conventional Kenworth about 10 feet high and one lane wide, powered by a 1,150 - cu.

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.

Off the field he had prevented an eight - year - old boy from getting hit by a truck in Boston during an April road trip, and last week, upon making a $ 200,000 donation with his wife, Cynthia, to a children's mental health center in Washington Heights, had proudly revealed that he is seeing two therapists.

By Jillian Lauren Woke up this morning in Atlanta, though the view from the bus window looked exactly like the one in Tampa, Miami, New Orleans, Houston... Cloudless blue sky, sun turning the asphalt into a skillet, rows of trucks, camps of buses, sweaty crew guys with creative facial hair heaving around huge road cases, -LSB-...]

Well the safety part was put to the test when our baby girl was 7 weeks old, we were rear ended while at a dead stop by a big rail road truck, all we could think about was our precious and helpless baby girl in the backseat.

The street hawker, who was trying to evade arrest from officials of Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI), had attempted to cross the road before being hit by the truck, which was erroneously thought to be a BRT Bus.

It predicts today that driverless trucks could be a regular presence on many roads within a decade, and that demand for heavy goods drivers in Europe and America could fall by up to 70 % by 2030.

Oddo, who has held two meeting with the DOT and Matteo that mainly focused on the conditions of Staten Island roads, said the trucks would be an important first step towards improving streets by doing more «wear and tear» fixes.

All those trips by heavy trucks can quickly beat up and wear out roads if they're not built to handle it.

The team's bus ran into a stationary KIA Rhino truck which was parked on the shoulder of the road close to the Nkawkaw by - pass.

Here, the system can be specifically developed, through the addition of tolls and variable pricing, to discourage noncritical travel during rush hours and in certain regions that are most affected by an excess of cars and trucks on the roads.

On reaching the Nkawkaw by - pass motor road at Nankyia, the bus ran into the rear portion of a KIA Rhino truck No.

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.

At the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, Super Bowl officials rolled out their snow - removal game plan — a multi-weapon strategy anchored by large trucks, scores of human shovelers and what sounded like an oceanful of road salt.

A complaint that a Buffalo police officer allegedly smashed a man's head repeatedly against a truck window in a road rage incident is under investigation by Internal Affairs officers.

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.

Additionally, increasing Thruway tolls is a massive unfunded State mandate that will result in greater truck traffic on local roads, causing a negative impact on their safety with increased road maintenance costs borne directly by local taxpayers.

Police from across the region, including members of the Canadian Royal Mounted Police, came to South Glens Falls today to remember New York State Trooper Timothy Pratt who died in the line of duty last week when he was struck by a car while helping a truck driver along a road in Saratoga County.

Crestwood - Midstream proposals would endanger the industries by irreversibly industrializing the Finger Lakes, bringing more than 70,000 additional trucks to the roads, and heightening the risk of catastrophic fires and explosions of the dangerous liquid gas, in addition to posing health complications for residents that were cited by Schuyler County Health Care Professionals.

Deepwater port: A deepwater port at the site of the shuttered nuclear power plant in Shoreham, coupled with a connection to the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line, could transform traffic by taking many long - haul trucks off our roads.

The rest are Corporal Jakper Biitleeb Yamdauk who died when a bus he was escorting from Kumasi to Wa ran into a stationary articulated truck, Lance Corporal Esther Kagya who was knocked down by a motorbike rider at Kwamekrom / Bibiani while conducting a snap check, Constable Daniel Kwesi Appiah who was electrocuted while on operational duties at Aiyinase Osagyefo power badge and Constable Courage Agbetiafa who was part of a patrol team which was involved in an accident on the Juapong road.

Every day, numerous cars and trucks are wearing on Norway's almost one hundred thousand kilometers of road: Asphalt wear on the tires, the tires wear on the asphalt, exhaust flows out from the vehicles and all is shrouded by road dust, until a rainfall cleanses the air, leaving all the dust and particles in the ditch.

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].

Ultimately, the EPA estimates that the rules will reduce CO2 emissions by nearly one billion metric tons, or roughly equivalent to taking 30 million cars and light trucks off the roads.

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.

Using Model Predictive Control (MPC), the truck can drive by itself on narrow and winding roads.

In fact its initial dimensions were set by road regulations on truck trailer size.

A moose drawn into a B.C. man's garage by the road salt caked onto the fenders of his Ram 1500 had to be shooed out by the truck's shocked owner, video shared with Global TV shows.

You see a lot of second hand cars and trucks sitting by the road when you are driving around and we began to pay more attention to those.

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.

Since we're invested in their plight and sold on their relationship, when they're run off the road suddenly by a roaring, spitting heap of a souped - up old truck, the shift in atmosphere is terrifying and appalling.

Jeepers Creepers (Collector's Edition) On a desolate country highway, two homeward - bound teens (Gina Philips, The Sickhouse and Justin Long, Drag Me to Hell) are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat - up truck... and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe.

Written and directed by its star Jon Favreau, this labour of love tells the story of a professional chef who quits his high - class restaurant job to head out on the road and serve Cubanos in a food truck.

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

«On a desolate country highway, two homeward - bound teens (Gina Philips, The Sickhouse and Justin Long, Drag Me To Hell) are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat - up truck... and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe.