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Show Our Gas Stations little Km Facti All motor vehicles travel over 1.6 million miles a year. The average vehicle gets 14.29 miles per gallon according accord-ing to the U.S. Department of Transportation. If the average aver-age tank capacity is ten gal- Ions then U.S. vehicles stop about 11.5 billion times at gas stations every year. 1 that is, only mechanics who have read and follow the Occupational Oc-cupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations regu-lations in Section 1910.177, and wheel manufacturer's literature, lit-erature, service truck tires. Servicing truck tires is a potentially po-tentially dangerous chore. That's because all pneumatic tire and wheel combinations store a lot of energy. If the wheel is corroded or cracked, or the parts mis-matched, the tire or wheel could explode and cause injuries, according to the experts at The Budd Company. Com-pany. OSHA offers free charts and booklets to help mechanics mechan-ics learn the accepted procedures. proce-dures. To get a copy, you can send a self-addressed mailing label to Servicing Rim Wheels, OSHA Publications, Room N- -4101, Frances Perkins Bldg , Third St. and Constitution Ave., Washington DC 20210. 115 Hundreds of unnecessary injuries can be avoided in today's service stations. If, |