{"id":291,"date":"2014-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/troopers-fear-change-in-law-will-create-more-truck-accidents\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T17:10:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:10:11","slug":"troopers-fear-change-in-law-will-create-more-truck-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/troopers-fear-change-in-law-will-create-more-truck-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Troopers Fear Change in Law Will Create More Truck Accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/firm-news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Firm News<\/a> | June 20, 2014<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has traveled on the highway has probably had the experience of driving next to a large commercial tractor-trailer. Sometimes, it\u2019s a rather ominous feeling being dwarfed by such an enormous and ponderous vehicle. Now imagine that same vehicle \u2014 only 10 feet longer and 20,000 pounds heavier. According to one man, that\u2019s exactly what a new proposal from the trucking industry would allow to happen along Illinois roads.<\/p>\n<p>The president of the Illinois Troopers Lodge, an organization that advocates on behalf of state police, was in Washington D.C. on June 18 to oppose the measure. The union president says that the bill would enable tractor-trailers to rival locomotives. He says that there is already a place for such bigger, longer and heavier vehicles \u2014 on train tracks. He likened the proposed changes to allowing a 33-foot-long, 97,000-pound train with rubber wheels onto state highways.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/troopers-fear-change-in-law-will-create-more-truck-accidents\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Troopers Fear Change in Law Will Create More Truck Accidents\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firm News | June 20, 2014 Anyone who has traveled on the highway has probably had the experience of driving next to a large commercial tractor-trailer. Sometimes, it\u2019s a rather ominous feeling being dwarfed by such an enormous and ponderous vehicle. Now imagine that same vehicle \u2014 only 10 feet longer and 20,000 pounds heavier. 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