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Show THE RAPE OF OUR ROADS The Buffalo Evening News has printed an article called ' "The Rape of Our Roads" by Frederick G. Brownell. It is one of the most revealing pieces yet to appear on what heavy commercial trucking is doing to the public, tax-supported highways. "America faces a transportation crisis of the first magnitude." magni-tude." writes Mr. Brownell. "Under the relentless battering of outsize and overloaded trucks, the 3,000,000 miles of roads that comprise this nation's arteries are going to pieces faster than we can find the money to replace them. . . . "According to a federal official, at least one long-distance truck out of every four breaks the weight laws of the state through whLch it is passing. . . . State engineers have estimated Ithat it costs from 14 to 17 times as much per mile to repair a road habitually used by heavy truck and trailers as one that commonly bears only lighter vehicles. . . . Besides Be-sides wreaking highway damage that runs into hundreds of millions of dollars every year, these overloaded juggernauts are the cause Of many fatal and near-fatal accidents. . . . "Roads being destroyed are paid for by your tax dollars and used by your family car." |