WASHINGTON (Oct. 21, 2015)—Watch as U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, makes the case for stopping a federal mandate to allow large trucks to pull double 33-foot trailers on the nation’s highways. The video also includes Police Chief Walter Armstrong, from Vicksburg, Mississippi, who delivers his statement in opposition to bigger trucks. +Watch on YouTube…
Indianapolis Star: Bigger trucks weigh economics against safety
WASHINGTON (Sept. 22, 2015)—Lafayette Police Chief Patrick Flannelly knows how many semitrailer trucks travel up and down I-65, and he doesn’t like the idea of the trucks getting any bigger. “You don’t have to be a police officer to be out on the interstate and feel a sense of uneasiness any time you get around those double trailers,” he said. Flannelly traveled to Washington, D.C., last week hoping to convince lawmakers that it’s a bad idea to add 10 feet…