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Show I Sun Advocate Price. Utah Tuesday August 27, 2002 3A Drivers must learn to share roadways with large trucks !. Despite the fear felt by most tor drivers around huge trucks, a pew study by the AAA Foundation for TVaffic Safety finds that car drivers are far more likely than truck drivers to cause a crash. . The AAA study finds car drivers fail to alter their driving behavior when sharing the road with large trucks. As a result! car drivers place themselves in harms way and often end up on the deadly end of a crash. ; "When cars and trades crash, the majority of fatalities occur to the occupants of the car, ex-Rolayne Fairclough, spokeswoman. In the year 2000, over 5,000 people were killed and about 140,000 injured in these crashes. According to the study, car drivers suffered 98 percent of the driver and truck drivers only 2 Jjercent of the deaths." : There are a million more trucks on the road today than a I Ked decade ago, stated David Greer, executive director of the Utah Rucking Association. It is likely that, because of the criti- cal role trucks play in the nations economy, their numbers will increase dramatically in the craning years.. "The Utah Trucking Assoda- tion teaches and promotes safe driving practices, continues Greer. We encourage motorists wfco observe unsafe trade driving to report the carriers name to the department of transportations hot line at ! . The study finds that when driver error was the. cause of a fetal crash, 80 percent of the errors were committed by car drivers. A key finding of this study is that the causes of fetal crashes are very similar to car-tra- ck car-tru- ck dashes involving only cars. This suggests that people drive the same way around trucks as they do around cars. This finding is actually positive, stated Fairclough. It tells us that if drivers learn about the characteristics of large tracks and drive accordingly, they will be more in control of their own ; safety. , -- ' Trucks have very different driving characteristics than other automobiles. For example, car drivers need to remember they the highways with rigs that when fully loaded, can weigh 80,000 pounds and require the full length of a fixtfnUfiekltocoinetoacop. pie te stop. In response to the need for Passing Space. When passing a large track allow plenty of time. At highway speeds, it can take up to 30 seconds to safely a truck. When pasting, do so quickly. Dont continuously drive alongside a truck because trucks have several blind spots. After passing, change lanes only million members and the general public. This program outlines foe following characteristics of large trucks and appropriate responses for automobile drivers. "Wind Gusts. Tucks create wind gusts. Keep both hands on foe wheel when a truck is passing py so that the smaller vehicle will not be forced into another lane or off the road. ! ' 'S'- Dont speed up. When a trade is passing, stay to the right and slow down slightly. Let the truck pass. This will give the truck driver plenty of room to pass safely and gets the vehicle out of the trucks blind spots fester. Changing lanes. If a track driver is signaling to change lanes, give him or her space. An average truck changing lanes at highway speeds needs an eight second gap or 700 feet, thats the length of two and a half football fields. TURN IN A PUSHER . enforcement officials will evaluate the information and place the facts into a composite file. Action will be taken on all submissions. ' I I I I I I tyame of suspected drag dealer I I I I ' Nickname: -- six-mon-th hicle. I The information gathered as a result of the following TIPS form is strictly confidential and will not be divulged to anyone outside of the Carbon Metro Drag Tfcsk Force. The law 1 Pursuant to a negotiated settlement arrangement, the defendant waived the right to trial in the misdemeanor crimi-- , nal complaint before Laws pleaded guilty to the class B failure to remain at the scene of an accident offense and the dass B failure to report a traffic accident count. : The court accepted Laws guilty pleas on the two class B sentence in the county jail charges, imposed a and fined the defendant $555 plus applicable interest The 'district judge subsequently suspended the service of all jail time along with payment of $200 of the designated fine amount, on condition Laws satisfies the remainder of the monetary assessment in foil as directed, and placed the defendant on informal probation to the court for 12 months. In conclusion, the court spedfied that the matter of victim restitution stemming from the misdemeanor category criminal complaint filedagainst Laws remain open for an additional 20 days and ordered the defendant to engage in no illegal activities throughout the informal pro.. bationary period. Heather Leann Davis - the defendant appeared at continued proceedings in a misdemeanor category criminal case containing a single class A drtying under the influence of an intoxicant (DUI) offense. Pursuant to a negotiated disposition arrangement, Davis waived the right to trial in the misdemeanor criminal information and the defendant entered a guilty plea on an amended lesser included class B DUI count After accepting the guilty plea on the dass B misdemeanor DUI charge, the district judge sentenced Davis to 30 days in the county jail and fined the defendant $925 plus applicable interest In conclusion, the district jude suspended all but two days of the designated incarceration period, allowed Davis the option of substituting an adequate number of community service hours in lieu of paying the $925 fine plus appli-- .. cable interest and placed the defendant on informal probation to the court for one year. I DRUGS accident count and one failure to report a traffic aeddent ' .'charge.- when the trucks headlights or front grill is located in the rearview mirror of the passing ve- Description: Ht Age WL I Hair Sex Eyes SS . I Address:. I I Home: I Motor Vehicle: Make. Year Color I I I License I I I I of Dealer Associates 12-mo- . . Right hand turns. If a track is signaling a right hand turn, stay behind the truck. Thicks need to swing wide to the left when making a right turn. This wide swing and the blind spots alongside the trailer makes hying to passa turning truck a dangerous maneuver. Truck drivers cannot see cars squeezing in between them and the curb. Stay put and give the truck driver plenty of room to I. Method of dealing I I I I I I I Location of dealing Drag(s) being dealt: List any other suspected illegal activities: May we contact you? YES . NO . If yes, how I When I I I I I I . turn. . Mail completed forms to: TIPS, Carbon Metro Druglksk Force 91 East 100 North, Price, UT 84501. . no-zon- es no-zo- ne no-zo- Tucks have large blind spots on both sides which are much larger than the ones in a small vehide. Maintain a safe distance when following a truck, at least four seconds are needed to keep a vehicle out of the trades rear blind spot Consumer protection issues wormy: (Continued from page 2A) mation for years to come in a variety of ways such checks, identity theft, forged credit cards. We have some very frightened victims. Reportedly, losses from various victims in Utah range from $400 to $10,000. An added touch of irony is foe fact that some people who apply for the bogus courier jobs are tokl they have been hired. The indi--, viduals are then supplied with a package of checks along with bank account deposit instruc- The message isthat automobile drivers need to adjust their drivingpattems to accommodate large trucks, stated Fairclough. Wien drivers know what to do ' tions. and make the adjustments, they The couriers are instructed to provide a safety advantage for make the deposits and return foe themselves and their passengers. slips to an address via overnight mail or delivery. The couriers never see a Instead, the people have become unwitting mules in the jfWl, ydT scam complex and checks into by depositing bogus pay-chec- State investigators working this scam have used bank surveillance video to help them track down the people who were making some of the deposits, indicated Giani. One of them was a university student who thought he had stumbled across a great job. When investigators found hun, he was mortified and thought that he would end up behind bars as a partner in the fraifd. He didn't, however. He was just another victim caught in the web of this scam. SHProRehab Physical Therapy Preferred provider for most Insurances All outpatient sendees provided Bookdtff Medical Plaza 590 E. 100 N., Suite 1 East Carbon Clinic 200 Park Place For Appointment Call 613-150- Jeff Ohlwllcr, P.T. 0 Mike Gagoa,P.T. JaaQrOrndjijerije k. ng Sertainly accounts. ; driver education on this issue, AAA is launching an aggressive safety campaign to reach its 45 - Continued from page 2A) ' , The class B misdemeanor category offenses filed against . traffic . Laws induded one failure to remain at the scene of a i Blind Spot;. Every track has four blind spots or that every motorist should avoid because their vehicle is invisible in these zones. The front is 10 to 20 feet in front of the is 200 truck cab. The rear feet behind the truck. P I V1 . The Local Interagency Council would like to thank the following businesses for their kind donations to the LIC 2002 Day Camp Albertsons Greenbacks Coca Cola Co. WalMart ' Intermountain Farmers of America Pepsi We appreciate their support and willingness to help youth in our community. Local Interagency Council GREAT10 0?CAVTNTne AGreatTimg Mattress Sets Starting $T on all totaJgtaMj! Introducing Sertas Newest Montclair E-- Z mm CARE Never needs to be Flipped! 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