The NCSU Institute for Transportation Research and Education, working with state troopers and DOT engineers, took a long and scary look this spring at the hazards posed by 53-foot-long trucks on curvy mountain roads.
ITRE also gathered updated numbers on crashes involving boat trailers.
The website for ITRE's Commercial Vehicles and Safety Program includes reports on long trucks and wide boats.
The ITRE info illuminates the legislature's debate ("Panel OKs longer trucks") on SB 1695 to relax safety restrictions on long trucks and wide boats.
Bruce Siceloff reports on traffic and transportation. A News & Observer reporter, editor and blogger since 1976, he took over the