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Nearly everyone agrees that we have to do something about the nation's aging and inadequate surface transportation infrastructure. But the consensus ends there.
Safety-conscious motorists tend to fixate on the trucks with the scary hazmat danger warnings. But hazardous goods haphazardly stowed in unmarked trucks could pose a far bigger threat.
Things will go wrong—the current state of transportation infrastructure almost guarantees it. But knowing that, and working with partners, can mitigate much of the risk.
For some truck drivers, every work shift has become a race against the clock. New federal regs decree that their shifts end 14 hours after they begin no exceptions. And private fleets could be particularly hard hit.