Public Citizen: Larger Trucks Will Lead to More Deaths, Damage to Roads and Bridges

May 14, 2008: The trucking industry is lobbying to allow heavier trucks on our highways. But heavier will lead to more deaths and damage to infrastructure, according to a statement today from Public Citizen.

Read the statement from Joan Claybrook, president of Public Citizen.

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