Archive for the ‘Road Trips’ Category

Vehicle hits side of Yuba City eatery

May 17, 2012admin No Comments »

A black pickup hit the side of a Yuba City sandwich shop late Wednesday after it was struck by a white sedan that sped away without stopping, a witness said. “Somebody ran a red light and the white car hit the back of the truck and (the truck driver) over-corrected right into the building,” said [...]

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Truck driver’s mom seeks help freeing son from Mexican jail

May 16, 2012admin No Comments »

El Paso lawyer Carlos Spector says the U.S. truck driver who was arrested in Juárez with a truckload of ammunition had legitimate deliveries to make in El Paso before he ended up in a wrong southbound lane at the Bridge of the Americas. Jabin Akeem Bogan, 27, of Dallas, faces serious charges in Mexico, because [...]

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Call to make drivers pay for breakdowns

May 14, 2012admin No Comments »

Updated May 14, 2012 10:43:11 The Victorian Transport Association (VTA) says drivers who break down on Melbourne’s freeways are getting a free ride. The association is calling for motorists who become stranded on freeways because of a mechanical problem or because they have run out of petrol to pay a fee. VTA spokesman Phil Lovel [...]

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Pickup truck driver crashes into Sylmar motel; 3 injured, arrested

May 10, 2012admin No Comments »

Three people were injured when a 62-year-old man lost control of his pickup truck and accidentally rammed into a motel in Sylmar on Wednesday. | See photo gallery. Two of the injured people decided to walk out of the hospital because they were wanted on outstanding felony warrants, according to Sgt. Larry Jones, with the [...]

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Sable driver nabbed for stealing FRA maize

May 8, 2012admin No Comments »

<a href="http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=4315tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=4315Tue, 08 May 2012 09:49:45 GMT”>Sable driver nabbed for stealing FRA maize

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Semi Drivers Road Rage?

May 5, 2012admin No Comments »

Font Size: A report from the Iowa State Patrol suggests the drivers of two semis might have been involved in some road rage Tuesday. the drivers exchanged words on a CB radio shortly before they crashed. The report says 54-year-old Daniel Smoot of Atlanta, Missouri passed 61-year-old Stephen Greever of Red Oak, Iowa on Interstate [...]

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House bill increases hunter access to public lands

April 20, 2012admin No Comments »

The measure requires federal land managers to support hunting and fishing on Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management land. The BLM can only close public lands to recreational shooting for specific reasons such as national security and fire safety. it must also submit a report to Congress detailing the location and evidence justifying any [...]

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Trucks as Art: Pakistan’s Colorful Tradition, With a Midwestern Twist

April 19, 2012admin No Comments »

An American artist wants to bring Pakistan’s most cacophonous art form to the U.S. Cargo trucks painted in bright colors, with an extremely intricate level of detail, are a common sight on the the highways of Pakistan. The paintings — often coupled with lines of poetry, religious calligraphy or common phrases — represent the truck [...]

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Truck driver issued a citation in I-26 wreck

April 15, 2012admin No Comments »

Published: Monday, April 9, 2012 at 5:02 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, April 9, 2012 at 5:02 p.m. The driver of a tanker carrying sulfuric acid that wrecked on the Peter Guice Bridge on I-26 last week has been charged with exceeding a safe speed, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol. Allan Thomas VanDamme, 43, of [...]

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World BulletinThird Turkish truck driver killed in Syria violence in past ten days

April 3, 2012admin No Comments »

A Turkish truck driver who died of fatal wounds on Sunday in Turkey has become the third Turkish truck driver killed in Syria violence in the past ten days. Suphi Ezer, 45, who was heavily injured in Syria died on Sunday in a hospital in Gaziantep, a city on the Syrian border. He was wounded [...]

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