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HURT OR KILLED ON INDIANA
HIGHWAYS.
BUT THIS MONTH, SOME WABASH
BEING HONORED FOR "KEEPING SAFE"
ON THE ROADS.
NEWS 10'S JOE ASTROUSKI SAYS
"THOSE" DRIVERS HAVE A MESSAGE
ABOUT HOW "YOU" CAN KEEP YOUR
FAMILY SAFE, TOO.
RANDLE HAS BEEN CLIMBING INTO
TRUCKS LIKE THESE ... HITTING
THE HIGHWAY.
AND BURNING THE MILES. IT'S
THOSE MILES THAT ARE
LAST MONTH, CONWAY FREIGHT
MILLION MILES WITHOUT AN
ACCIDENT ... SOMETHING THAT
TAKES WORK. "THERE'S SO MANY
THINGS
YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK OUT FOR AND
BE CAREFUL OF ALL THE TIME.
JUST BE AWARE ALL OF THE TIME."
OTHER DRIVERS HERE HAVE HIT
SIMILAR MILESTONES ... DRIVING
"TWO MILLION" MILES
WITHOUT A CRASH LIKE TERRY
"THE COMPANY FOCUSES ON SAFETY.
WHICH IS A MAJOR FACTOR IN THE
WHOLE THING." BUT MANY IN THEIR
FIELD
AREN'T SO LUCKY. ACCORDING TO
THE BUREAU OF
LABOR STATISTICS, 397 TRUCKERS
DIED ON THE ROAD
LAST YEAR. THAT NUMBER DOESN'T
INCLUDE
TRUCKERS INJURED ... AND IT
DOESN'T INCLUDE OTHER
MOTORISTS KILLED IN CRASHES WITH
TRUCKS.
AS COMMON AS THOSE ACCIDENTS ARE
... THESE DRIVERS SAY
THEY CAN EASILY BE AVOIDED BY
"PAYING ATTENTION."
BUT THEY SAY MANY MOTORISTS
DON'T SEEM TO DO THAT."
" I'VE SEEN PEOPLE PUTTING ON
MAKEUP, CHANGING
CLOTHES, READING BOOKS,
MAGAZINES, DOING
PAPERWORK. I'VE SEEN ALL KINDS
OF THINGS PEOPLE ARE
DOING." "PROBABLY A TRUCK WITH
HIS
LAPTOP UP ON HIS STEERING WHEEL
PLAYING GAMES DOWN THE ROAD."
"SOMEBODY PASSING YOU, WONDERING
WHETHER THEY'RE
GOING TO ZAP OVER IN FRONT OF
YOU WITHOUT A TURN SIGNAL,
THEY CAN'T PAY ATTENTION. CELL
PHONES IS THE BIGGEST THING."
ALL OF WHICH TAKE EYES OFF THE
ROAD ... AND INCREASE THE
CHANCES THAT ONE OF THESE
MOTORISTS WON'T MAKE IT HOME.
IN TERRE HAUTE, WITH
PHOTOJOURNALIST TONY
KASSISSIEH AND CHRIS JAMES, JOE
ASTROUSKI NEWS 10. "
THE DRIVERS ALSO SAY IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KEEP SOME
DISTANCE FROM TRUCKS LIKE THEIRS
... SINCE THEY HAVE LARGE
BLIND SPOTS.
WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED THE NAMES OF
"OTHER" DRIVERS
WHO'VE DRIVEN A MILLION MILES
WITHOUT ACCIDENTS ON
WTHI-TV-DOT-COM.
SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL