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Show (fou're homefree at Sherwin-Williams The response to a PARADE = EEinquiry definitive, but Later aw things differently. Readers Say: ‘We Don't Want Trucks EADERS RESPONDING to a 900-number inquiry in ourJuly 20 article about trucksand highway safety gave overwhelming evidence of their concerns aboutthe 18-wheel, 80,000pound rigs with which they mustshare the roads. More than 42,400 readers tookpart in the phoneinquiry. Of them, 86.6% said they were opposed to permitting the use of even bigger, heavier and longer trucks, and 91% said largertrucks shouldnotbe allowed onroadsother than major highwaysandinterstates. (For complete inquiry results, see page 21.) Trucking industry spokesmen took issue with both the PARADEarticle and the 900-numberinquiry, calling them biased and unfair. Ourarticle noted that Congress would soon be considering highway and surface transportation bills and that the trucking industry mighttry to end the current freeze on truck sizes, weights and routes. PARADE reported that trucksplayedadisproportionaterole in highwayfatalities; that large|trucks made *Enter our HomeFree Seefor a chance to win! GrandPrize: A mortgage payoff up to $100,000 or $25,000 in cash. First Prize: Blinds foryour homeprovided by Levalor Home Fashions’ (up to a $5,000 value). 10 Second Prizes: Home security systems provided by SecurityLink™from Ameritech* ($359 value). a olan a Highway Administration. Manyofthose a WHERE TO Teecaieiemnem, ESSeee ‘te tom bebe. GET vehicle crashes;that 4903 persons were killed and 116,000 injured in such crashesin 1995; and that truckers were pushed into driving long hours, which raised the risk of accidents duetofatigue. Oneillustration depictedthe so-called “No-Zones”—dangerous blind spots aroundlarge trucks. “No-Zone’is safety campaign promoted by the Federal objecting tothearticle criticized the use ofthe word “danger”ontheillustration as sensationalizing the No-Zones. Trucking companies,with the urging of the American Trucking Associations 1 se aPigherloot epecheageaetener= (ATA), wroteto us to condemnthearti- BY BERNARD GAVZER PAGE 18 - SEPTEMBER7,1997 PARADE MAGAZINE |
