Green Options » Teamsters President Hoffa http://greenoptions.com/tag/teamsters-president-hoffa Posts tagged 'Teamsters President Hoffa' Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:36:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Teamsters President Hoffa Says “NO” to Larger Trucks on America’s Highways http://gas2.org/2008/07/11/teamsters-president-hoffa-says-no-to-larger-trucks-on-americas-highways/ http://gas2.org/2008/07/11/teamsters-president-hoffa-says-no-to-larger-trucks-on-americas-highways/#comments Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:36:31 +0000 Max Lindberg http://gas2.org/2008/07/11/teamsters-president-hoffa-says-no-to-larger-trucks-on-americas-highways/ What If They Were Heavier, and Longer?

Had enough of the “big rigs” on the highway?  Well, Congress is looking at new weight and size limits, and Teamster President James Hoffa says “no” to bigger trucks.

In a House subcomittee hearing July 9, Hoffa is quoted as saying:

“Bigger trucks are more dangerous trucks.  Lifting truck weight and size limits would turn big rigs into time bombs.”

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