The Nation - News from April 21, 1985
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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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