Two people died on Wednesday after a semitrailer driver hit a construction barrier, setting off a three-car crash that led a second semitrailer driver to fatally swerve into a ditch, authorities say.
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The driver of the semitrailer was also OK, KABC reported.
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It's a parking lot filled with semitrailer trucks and shipping containers.
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Schamling praised the second semitrailer driver for swerving away from the crash.
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Tesla is expected to reveal a design for a semitrailer this month.
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The crash sheared off the roof as the Tesla traveled under the semitrailer.
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Just weeks ago, high winds knocked a semitrailer onto another Wyoming Highway Patrol vehicle.
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Tesla revealed a new electric semitrailer and sports car at an event Thursday night.
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At least one hospital is using a 53-foot refrigerated semitrailer to temporarily hold overflow.
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The semitrailer plunged about 30 feet off the highway and onto East Frontage Road, WISN reported.
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Elon Musk may yet convince skeptics that an electric semitrailer is a better buy than diesel.
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Rescuers were responding to a report that a semitrailer had fallen over the edge of southbound Interstate 15.
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The NTSB said that on March 1, a Model 3 struck a truck tractor connected to a semitrailer.
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Thirty-nine immigrants were found packed into a semitrailer in the parking lot of a San Antonio Walmart.
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Starting Monday the company is introducing its mobile cyber command center, tucked into a heavily customized semitrailer truck.
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The incident unfolded when a semitrailer, southbound on Interstate 94, attempted to change lanes and hit a construction barrier.
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During that incident, the Tesla struck a tractor-semitrailer in such a way that its roof was sheared off.
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Now, they're sleeping in their trucks, preferring that over a dorm of sorts in the back of a semitrailer.
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On an opposite ramp, a semitrailer sat contorted, its front cab facing right in a turn that never fully happened.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Authorities have identified two people killed in a highway crash involving a semitrailer truck and a car in northwestern Wisconsin.
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Sam Brownback said a man died from smoke inhalation in Clark County after getting out of a semitrailer truck he was driving.
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The Tesla's roof "was sheared off as the vehicle underrode the semitrailer" and the car's 50-year-old driver died in the crash.
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Let none of you dare compare a semitrailer going at 100 km per hour with a disarmed terrorist who is lying down, already neutralized.
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Truck driver David Warren was knocked off the road, and his semitrailer landed on its side in the dirt beside Interstate 35 near Ellsworth, Iowa.
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Bradley, who told authorities he was tasked with transporting the trailer from Iowa to Texas, denied knowing that nearly 40 people were inside the semitrailer.
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But Tesla's recently unveiled semitrailer might be aimed at the segment of the market that will likely be the slowest to transition to electric drivetrains.
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The patient was an off-duty Idaho reserve police officer driving a semitrailer when he was hit by a man fleeing police in a pickup truck.
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SAN ANTONIO – A South Texas man has been charged with human smuggling after 54 immigrants, including some children, were found in a semitrailer in San Antonio.
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The U.S. Class 8 semitrailer market is about $30 billion, so every 1 percent is worth $300 million, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Joseph Spak.
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The Autopilot system failed to detect a semitrailer crossing an intersection in front of the car, and the car collided with the truck, killing the driver.
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When Joshua Brown's Tesla Model S collided with a semitrailer truck on a Florida highway in May, it became the first known fatality in an autonomous vehicle.
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Luckily, the Wyoming Highway Patrol cruiser wasn't occupied Tuesday when reported gusts as strong as 90 miles an hour knocked a semitrailer onto it near Elk Mountain.
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U.S. electric truck maker Nikola Motor unveiled the third version of its hydrogen-powered electric semitrailer truck on Tuesday, which it says will be aimed at European customers.
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The foil-wrapped packages were found April 26 in a semitrailer searched after a traffic stop along Interstate 80 near Kearney, 170 miles (270 kilometers) southwest of Omaha.
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The U.S. Class 8 semitrailer market is about $30 billion in size so every 1 percent is worth $300 million, according to RBC Capital Markets analyst Joseph Spak.
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The project was floated in Musk's second "master plan," which was posted on Tesla's blog last summer when the semitrailer was still in the early stages of development.
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In video obtained by WRAL, Conway is seen swerving across lanes of traffic on I-85 with his two daughters in the SUV before he sideswipes a semitrailer.
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A half-dozen Washington residents have already volunteered possible resting places for the giant mammals, which can be as long as a semitrailer and weigh up to 45 tons.
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In video obtained by WRAL, Conway's vehicle is seen swerving across lanes of traffic on I-85 with his two daughters in the SUV before he sideswipes a semitrailer.
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The NTSB said the driver engaged Autopilot about 10 seconds before crashing into a semitrailer and did not have his hands on the wheel for nearly eight seconds before the crash.
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As such, she has written an eloquent volume that is more discomforting and more necessary than a semitrailer filled with new biographies of the founding fathers and the most beloved presidents.
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In July, the police in San Antonio, responding to a call from a local Walmart, found dozens of undocumented immigrants inside a semitrailer parked in heat of more than 100 degrees.
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The people were found in the parking lot of a Walmart in San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday after being left in a semitrailer without water or air conditioning in the sweltering heat. Rep.
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Tesla's newly revealed electric semitrailer and sports car surprised and exceeded some analysts' expectations, but the Thursday night event did little to answer some of the lingering questions and concerns over the company.
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What's happening: Two federal agencies are investigating a March 1 crash in which a man died when his Tesla Model 3 drove beneath a semitrailer that was crossing a Florida roadway near Delray Beach.
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While working on these issues, Tesla is still moving ahead with plans to produce a new roadster, a semitrailer truck, a pickup truck and a small sport utility vehicle in the next few years.
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In that incident, Joshua Brown was killed when his Model S sedan collided with a semitrailer truck on a Florida highway in May 2016, making him the first known fatality in a semi-autonomous car.
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The driver was traveling at 74 miles per hour on a Florida highway with a 65 mile-per-hour speed limit, when the car collided with the side of a white semitrailer, the report said.
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The NTSB's preliminary report said the driver engaged Autopilot about 27 seconds before crashing into a semitrailer, and the system did not detect the driver's hands on the wheel for fewer than eight seconds before the crash.
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The NTSB's preliminary report said the driver engaged Autopilot about 10 seconds before crashing into a semitrailer, and the system did not detect the driver's hands on the wheel for fewer than eight seconds before the crash.
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The NTSB's preliminary report said the driver engaged Autopilot about 10 seconds before crashing into a semitrailer and the system did not detect the driver's hands on the wheel for fewer than eight seconds before the crash.
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With that, the driver of a northbound semitrailer, unrelated to the initial crash, "made a decision to take a very evasive maneuver" and drove into a ditch to avoid hitting the already-crashed vehicles, the sheriff continued.
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NTSB investigators said the accident resulted from a combination of factors, including the limitations of the system as well as the actions of both the Tesla driver and the driver of the semitrailer the car crashed into.
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And the opening scene of the series features the aftermath of a collision between a semitrailer headed to the development and John Dutton's truck and trailer, injuring his horse so badly that Dutton has to put him down.
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Factoring the costs of variables such as engine manufacturing, fuel/electricity and maintenance, along with assumptions about how customers are likely to use a large commercial semitrailer, Piper Jaffray analyst Alexander Potter said he thinks EV trucks will succeed.
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But Mr. Brown became a victim of an innovation geared precisely to people like him when his Tesla Model S electric sedan collided with a semitrailer truck on a Florida highway in May, making him the first known fatality in a self-driving car.
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Sessions pointed to the recent human trafficking event in San Antonio, Texas -- in which 10 people died and scores more were injured after being left in a semitrailer without water or air conditioning -- as an example of the "tragic consequences" sanctuary cities can have on the lives of others.
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The National Transportation Safety Board announced in September that the cause of the accident was threefold: the semitrailer didn't yield the right of way to the Tesla driver, the Tesla driver was relying too heavily on the Autopilot system and the Autopilot system didn't warn the Tesla driver about the truck appropriately.
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Once the Model 3 is rolling, Mr. Musk sees Tesla moving on to produce electric vehicles of all shapes and sizes — pickups, semitrailer trucks, and a fast and roomy car for families called the Model Y. The company's mission, Mr. Musk has said on numerous occasions, is to lead the transition to emissions-free transportation and to change the world.
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After meeting for roughly 2½ hours Tuesday, the board determined the probable cause of the accident was a combination of a semitrailer driver failing to yield the right of way to the Tesla driver, the Tesla driver's overreliance on the car's Autopilot system, and certain design limitations in the Autopilot system that failed to adequately warn the Tesla driver of the approaching truck.
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The rule of thumb is that a car on a car ferry will need 6 meters, and a semitrailer with a European truck 18 meters.
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Also in 1959, the MAZ-525A tractor was developed as part of a road train with the 45-ton BelAZ-5271 semitrailer, but this did not enter production because the engine was not powerful enough.
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This was a geared engine (4.5 to 1 gear ratio), driving four individually-rotating concave-rim wheels on stationary axles via chain drives; powerful but running less than . Still later, modified semitrailer tractors have been used.
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In Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Delaware v. Kassel, 612 F.2d 1064 (8th Cir. 1979), aff'd, 450 U.S. 662 (1981), Iowa's prohibition of extra-long semitrailer trucks was alleged to unconstitutionally burden interstate commerce, in violation of what is known as the dormant Commerce Clause.
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Around 7:34 A.M.,"HIGHWAY ACCIDENT REPORT Adopted: July 17, 1990 COLLISION BETWEEN CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BUS AND VALLEY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY, INC. TRACTOR-SEMITRAILER INTERSECTION OF BRYAN AND TEXAS FARM-TO-MARKET ROAD 676 ALTON, TEXAS SEPTEMBER 21, 1989" (summary). National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved on August 2, 2018.
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At the time of the collapse, one car and one tractor-semitrailer were on the bridge. Before the road could be blocked off, three more cars drove into the gap. During the following three weeks, nine bodies were recovered from the river. The body of the 10th victim was recovered from the Mohawk River in July 1989.
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In 1997, a new cab appeared called the 6329, it had several standard sizes EuroTrakker. It replaced the old cab Fiat VI. The cabin is further forward on the chassis. The short version of the car is used on trucks and semitrailer truck for local transport. The 63291 has the main tractor cabin with two berths.
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Semitrailer NO 80 is based on the design of the bus Škoda 706 RTO. It is a single-axle vehicle, which was hitched up to a classic cargo truck. NO 80 has a semi-self-supporting metal body, which was outside plating, interior lined with Formica. Upholstered seats with leatherette covers were placed crosswise 2 + 2, the central aisle.
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The American firm Ditch Witch makes four models of suction excavators: FX20, FX25, HX30, HX50, FX50, FXT50, FX65, FXT65, and HX65; the number is its approximate horsepower. It is mounted on a semitrailer or rigid truck. It has its own engine (petrol for FX20 & FX25, the others diesel). Its spoils tank is cylindrical with somewhat rounded ends.
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A ladder is provided at the front of the semitrailer for access to the top manhole, and a 4-cylinder diesel engine and pump assembly provides self load/unload capability. The body of the refueler is a 5,000-U.S.-gallon, single compartment, stainless steel tank. The chassis is of welded steel construction and is equipped with full floating tandem axles and a manually operated landing gear.
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On April 5, 1987, it collapsed due to bridge scour at the foundations after a record rainfall. At the time of the collapse, one car and one tractor-semitrailer were on the bridge. Before the road could be blocked off, three more cars drove into the gap. The collapse killed ten people. The replacement bridge was completed and fully open to traffic on May 21, 1988.
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The Bundesstraße 5 runs from the Danish border in the North to Frankfurt (Oder) in the East of Germany. In 2006, there were motorways and federal roads. In November 2005, according to a census of the Federal Office for freight traffic (Bundesamt für Güterverkehr), in Hamburg were 926 commercial road haulage companies registered, with 19,985 vehicles (lorries, semitrailer tractors, truck trailers, semitrailers), and a cargo capacity of , and 15,623 employees.
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In 1938, the company delivered two trolleybuses to the Drammen trolleybus, operated by Drammen Kommunale Trikk. These electrical equipment for these were delivered by Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies of the United Kingdom. One of these buses has been preserved. Another type of bus was a semitrailer system that could carry 60 passengers, and was delivered to Engeseth Busslinjer in 1938, who used it until 1953 on their route from Hønefoss to Oslo.
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DHL semitrailer truck DHL Global Forwarding this division carries goods by rail, road, air and sea under the DHL brand and includes the DHL Freight operation which runs a ground-based freight network covering Europe, Russia and traffic into the Middle East. In 2016, this division's revenue declined by 7.7 percent to €13.7 billion but operating profit before interest and taxes (EBIT) improved from -€181 million in 2015 to +€287 million.
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DHL semitrailer truck The Forwarding division carries goods by rail, road, air and sea under the DHL brand and includes the DHL Freight operation which runs a ground-based freight network covering Europe, Russia and traffic into the Middle East. In 2016, this division's revenue declined by 7.7 percent to €13.7 billion but earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) improved from -€181 million in 2015 to +€287 million.
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In 1998, the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection was acquired from its director, Bill Blackbeard, giving the library the largest collection of newspaper comic-strip tear sheets and clippings in the world. Six semitrailer trucks transported this collection from California to Ohio. In 2007, King Features Syndicate donated its proof-sheet collection, consisting of over two million strips (a duplicate set was donated to Michigan State University's Comic Art Collection).Randy Scott.
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Motor Coach Industries sold its Classic and RTS bus license to Nova Bus in 1993. In 1990, TMC began development of an enclosed automobile-transport semitrailer. This trailer used small-diameter wheels to maximize interior space, and robotic arms to lift the automobiles and position them closely together in the trailer body. The trailer lacked the traditional ramps and racks: automobiles were fitted with pins strapped to the tires, which slotted into holders inside the trailer.
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The National Weather Service issued ice storm warnings on January 14, 2017 for southeastern Nebraska and southern Iowa. Residents in these areas were urged stay indoors during the storm and to prepare by buying food, water, and fuel. Icy conditions contributed to a fiery crash between two semitrailer trucks on Interstate 80 near Kearney, Nebraska on January 15, and no injuries were reported. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln canceled classes on January 17 due to the road conditions.
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Hubodometer Veeder-Root A Hubodometer on a wheel of a semitrailer A hubometer (hub, center of a wheel + -ometer, measure of), or hubodometer or simply hubo, is a device mounted on the axle of an automobile or other land vehicle that measures distance traveled. The whole device rotates with the wheel except for an eccentrically mounted weight on an internal shaft. This remains pointing downwards and drives the counting mechanism as the body of the hubometer rotates round it.
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Pneumatic spring on a semitrailer Air suspension is used in place of conventional steel springs in heavy vehicle applications such as buses and trucks, and in some passenger cars. It is widely used on semi trailers and trains (primarily passenger trains). The purpose of air suspension is to provide a smooth, constant ride quality, but in some cases is used for sports suspension. Modern electronically controlled systems in automobiles and light trucks almost always feature self-leveling along with raising and lowering functions.
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It fully utilised its construction designed for extraordinarily heavy use in the army, on site, in forest as well as in any other operation demanding a high performance under the heaviest conditions. The modifications of the Praga S5T model also included a semitrailer truck, the S5T-TN model with a "trambus" cab. In 1963 Avia began making chassis units for the OT 64 (SKOT) armoured carrier. Praga and Tatra enterprises, and also some Polish makers took part in the manufacture.
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In the second half of the 1970s, the US Army procured 1,000 of the heavy-haul truck – together with the four-axle M747 semitrailer – for road transportation of Main battle tanks and other heavy loads. A tank often carried by the Oshkosh M911 was the M47 Patton. The Oshkosh M911 was also used with the US Army units stationed in Europe. The Oshkosh M911 has a crew of 3, weighs 18.2 tons, and has a payload capacity of 68.95 tons.
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Empty semitrailer trucks driving along Highway 3 and other routes in southern Alberta have been blown over by the high gusts of wind caused by Chinooks. Calgary, Alberta also gets many Chinooks – the Bow Valley in the Canadian Rockies west of the city acts as a natural wind tunnel, funneling the chinook winds. On 27 February 1992, Claresholm, Alberta, a small city just south of Calgary, recorded a temperature of ; again, the next day was recorded. These are some of Canada's highest February temperatures.
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The Schaus and the Browns were driving on a two lane road approaching the Pit River Bridge north of the town of Redding, California behind a semitrailer from Portland, Oregon carrying fruits and vegetables. As the truck started over the bridge, the truck driver, Paul M. Overby, and his helper, Henry Baum, both of Portland, soon determined that something was wrong with the steering mechanism, but before they could stop, the steering failed. Overby lost control of the truck, which smashed through the bridge's steel railing.
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LVS fifth-wheel variant, towing an M870A2 semitrailer LVS self-loader variant (MK48/18A1) with MAK Armor-kit The Logistics Vehicle System (LVS), is a modular assortment of eight-wheel drive all-terrain vehicle unit combinations used by the United States Marine Corps. The LVS was fielded in 1985 as the Marine Corps heavy tactical vehicle system. It was designed and manufactured by the Oshkosh Corporation. The United States Army does not use the LVS, it uses the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT).
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Pfuusbus, in fact a semitrailer truck, is one of the best known projects of the foundation. The bus for the homeless people in the greater Zürich area recorded 3,873 nights' stay, 700 more than last winter, between November 2015 and March 2016. The emergency shelter has been used by 278 people during the five winter months 2015/16. Over 150 nights, two caretakers have looked after the accommodation for the homeless people, assisted by two additional volunteers who have prepared more than 1,400 evening meals.
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The bandits were suspected of being directed by German agents. In 1995, a 13-year-old boy "trying to get toys for Christmas" fired three rifle shots at a semitrailer traveling along nearby Interstate 10, hoping to blow out a tire so the truck would spill its load. He instead hit the driver of a pickup truck, critically wounding him. Officials in Fort Hancock raised the speed limit to in 2006 along their portion of Interstate 10, making it the highest speed limit in the country.
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The song's ending has a group of truck drivers attending the boy's funeral, with one of the semitrailer trucks serving as the hearse. This song was also recorded by Nev Nicholls. Sovine's follow-up-of-sorts to "Teddy Bear" is "Little Joe" (the tale of a truck driver's dog, who saves his master's life after an accident). In this song, in which Teddy Bear is a character, Sovine says that there was a miracle and that the boy — now older and apparently healthy — could now walk.
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Drinking alcohol in a motor vehicle is prohibited. Open containers of alcohol are generally prohibited. One exception is in vehicles without trunks if the container is placed in an area not normally occupied by the driver or passenger, or behind the last upright seat in the vehicle. They are also permitted for passengers in vehicles for hire (except taxicabs), the living quarters of a mobile home, trailer, semitrailer, or truck camper, and in vehicles operated by a licensed caterer who is transporting the alcohol to or from an event.
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There has been talk of retiring the M970, but a suitable off-road replacement has not been found. The Marine Corps also uses R-9 and R-10 tankers, but they are not capable of off road use. The M970 is a part of the "United States Marine Corps Maintenance Center - Albany, Georgia, USA - An Integrated Enterprise Scheduling Case Study" which is working to upgrade the Semitrailer for future use. U.S. Marine Corps R-9, Non-Tactical Aircraft Refueler The M967 and M969 versions are similar but are configured to carry vehicle fuels (gasoline, diesel).
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The M970 can be used as a stand-alone fuel tanker, delivering fuel directly to aircraft on a flight line. The Semitrailer is also used in Forward Arming and Refueling Points (FARPs) delivering fuel to multiple nozzles for quick fueling operations at the front lines or beyond. This is generally used for helicopters, but can also be utilized with AV-8B Harrier II or with an Expeditionary Airfield (EAF). M970's were used to assist in loading the bladders for the Tactical Airfield Fuel Dispensing Systems (TAFDS) in the field as well.
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Three years later, the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 relaxed weight and length standards and imposed a new excise tax on heavy trucks and the tires they use. No longer was the overall length of semitrailer combinations restricted; rather, only the trailer was specified, to be not greater than 53 ft in length. Individual states retained more restrictive overall length laws, but fundamentally, the rules had changed forever. Consolidated Freightways, a traditional, unionized carrier that flourished in the era before deregulation, realized it was in a fight for its life.
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On March 1, 2016 one of the largest supplies of counterfeit cigarettes produced in so-called Donetsk People Republic and amounted to more than 4 million UAH was detained via Department of investigation and supervision of criminal proceedings in spheres of state service and property of Prosecutor General's office of Ukraine headed by Yuriy Stolyarchuk. While conducting urgent investigative measures car branded “URAL” was detained together with semitrailer. It was heading towards Kyiv escorted by staff of special patrol police forces “Kyiv”. There were counterfeit goods in the car – about 400 000 packs of cigarettes amounted to more than 4 million UAH.
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The song -- one of many in country music to pay salute to the American truck driver -- is about a young man's childhood memories of watching semitrailer trucks travel along a nearby highway, listening at night to the roar of the trucks' diesel engines in the distance and dreaming one day of being a truck driver. The dream never comes to pass, as he begins a family and is working at other jobs, but still finds peace in envisioning the trucks in his mind, the trucks illuminated only by their lights and the moonlight of a clear evening.
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A tractor unit pulling a semitrailer dolly A semi-trailer is a trailer without a front axle. In the United States, the term is also used to refer to the combination of a truck and a semi-trailer, a tractor-trailer. A large proportion of a semi-trailer's weight is supported by a tractor unit, or a detachable front-axle assembly known as a dolly, or the tail of another trailer. The other portion of the semi-trailer's weight is semi-supported (half supported) by its own wheels, which only support the rear of the semi- trailer.
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A Hubodometer on a wheel of a semitrailer A Smiths speedometer from the 1920s showing odometer and trip meter. Odometers were first developed in the 1600s for wagons and other horse-drawn vehicles in order to measure distances traveled. Levinus Hulsius published the odometer in 1604 in his work Gründtliche Beschreibung deß Diensthafften und Nutzbahrn Instruments Viatorii oder Wegzählers, So zu Fuß, zu Pferdt unnd zu Fußen gebraucht werden kann, damit mit geringer mühe zu wissen, wie weit man gegangen, geritten, oder gefahren sey: als auch zu erfahren, ohne messen oder zehlen, wie weit von einem Orth zum andern. Daneben wird auch der grosse verborgene Wegweiser angezeiget und vermeldet.
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One of the major disadvantages of the super singles is that they are currently not as widely available as a standard tire. In addition, if a tire should become deflated or be destroyed, there is not another tire attached to the same hub to maintain the dynamic stability of the vehicle, as would be the case with dual wheels. With dual wheels, the remaining tire may be overloaded, but it will typically allow the vehicle to be safely stopped or driven to a repair facility. In Europe, super singles became popular when the allowed weight of semitrailer rigs was increased from 38 to 40 tonnes.
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Many of the first dealers were from the White Motor Co. network, but some entrepreneurs also signed up to represent the trucks without the White Motor Co. franchise as a complement. At the same time, the company introduced its first conventional model, an adaptation of the high COE mainstay product. High COEs accounted for well over 50% of the US market in those days, owing to overall length regulations that limited the bumper-to-taillight dimension of a semitrailer unit to 55 ft on interstate highways. Conventionals were popular on western roads due to more convenient ingress/egress, better ride, and easier access to the engine for servicing.
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"Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" was the story of a trucker who drives an over-the-road semitrailer truck to support his wife and three children. In the song's first verse, the man (referred to only as "Daddy") leaves for a several-day trip through the Midwest. When the children gather around their mother in sadness, she says all they need to do is remember the song their father had taught them ("Roll on highway, roll on along, roll on Daddy 'til you get back home, roll on family, roll on crew, roll on mama like I asked you to do"); those lyrics serve as the refrain of the song. In some versions, the song begins with a CB radio call saying "How about ya, Alabama, Roll On", which was recorded from an actual CB call placed to Alabama's bus in the late 70s.
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In the song's second verse, the man's wife receives a late-night phone call from an unnamed source, informing her that the highway patrol had found a semitrailer truck jackknifed in a snowbank along an interstate highway in Illinois. Despite learning that the search for her husband had been called off due to the fierce blizzard, and that Daddy had not been found at any of the local houses or motels, Mama remains confident that Daddy will be found alive. The woman and her children are left to pray for Daddy's safety, and in sadness and anticipation of a long night of worrying, sing the refrain to the song to comfort them. In the song's third and final verse, Mama and the children wait up all night long, thinking that the next phone call will bring the worst possible news.
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The album version of "Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)" is approximately 40 seconds longer than the 7-inch single released for radio airplay and retail sale. The album version can be distinguished by sound effects of a semitrailer truck (both the engine starting and, at the song's end, traveling down the highway), CB radio chatter and — toward the end of the song — an extra repetition of the refrain. Much like the Greatest Hits 3 version of "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)", the version of "Roll On" on Greatest Hits 2 is slightly different as well, featuring a quick fadeout to omit the truck sounds at the end. On the Livin' Lovin' Rockin' Rollin' box set, the album version is presented in its entirety with no crossfade to "Carolina Mountain Dewe", as well as a slight extension of the opening truck sound effects.
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