Archive for December, 2007
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
A proposal to require older diesel trucks to be phased out could have a “huge impact” on farms and other sectors of the economy, according to a presentation being made today by the Farm Bureau to the State Board of Food and Agriculture.
The proposal by the California Air Resources Board would require trucks weighing more than 14,000 pounds to be replaced or upgraded when they reach a certain age.
Farm and trucking groups say that in some cases, the trucks could have to be replaced twice, at considerable cost.
The rules would set a timetable for replacement.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
The Mitsubishi L200 has been named ‘Best Pick-up’ at this year’s prestigious What Van? Awards for the 11th time out of the last 15 years since the awards began.
What Van?’s Neil McIntee commented that the L200 was a good example of a “stylish, well equipped comfortable package… not lacking in punch around town or the motorway”. He also noted that it “is no slouch off-road either, fording streams and tackling muddy ascents and descents, and rutted boulder strewn tracks with ease”, which is exactly why small businesses, farmers, construction companies and Government Departments such as the Environment Agency have once again chosen the L200 for their businesses in 2007.
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
By day he’s an Alight Electric employee. By night? A Ford F-350 Super Duty hero. It seems that last night on the Golden Gate Bridge, John Beatty of Mill Valley saved the day, so to speak, after noticing a woman unconscious in her Jeep, moving into oncoming traffic. Sylvia Durrance, 62, came to a stop while driving southbound in the No. 2 lane. She appeared lifeless, her body slumped over the steering wheel. Driving behind her in the No. 2 lane was John Beatty. He noticed Durrance’s Jeep creeping into the No. 1 lane, heading into northbound traffic.
Oh noes! Won’t someone save her?
Instead of passing her, like so many other vehicles were doing, Beatty saw the possible head-on collision waiting to happen — an accident that could’ve resulted in a multi-car pile-up and possible fatalities. Jumping into action, he used his massive one-ton truck power to gently navigate the older woman’s Jeep into safety. According to Inside Bay Area, “Beatty quickly passed the Jeep on the right and got in front of it, letting the Jeep strike his company’s one-ton Ford F-350 Super Duty utility truck.” Beatty went on to say that he was “moving too, so [he] was able to time it so the impact was very minor…I just slowly guided the Jeep to the curb near the toll plaza. The pressure of the Jeep against my truck allowed me to guide it over.”
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