The Nation - News from April 21, 1985
Interstate trucks are involved in twice as many fatal accidents per mile traveled as automobiles and often operate with defective brakes or other equipment, the Knight-Ridder Newspapers reported. The report, based on a four-month investigation, quoted government officials as saying the U.S. Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety is unable to enforce federal safety regulations on an industry that has a million trucks and 210,000 companies.
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