Officials: GPS behind truck parkway crashes
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seeks a probe into incidents of trucks striking bridges, as happened recently on LI, and presses for new national standards for GPS devices in trucks to help avoid such collisions. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (Sept. 24, 2012) (September 24, 2012 6:00 PM)
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Global positioning systems inadvertently steer trucks on to parkways and are responsible for 81 percent of bridge and overpass strikes in New York State, officials say.
The state Department of Transportation has spent an estimated $7 million tackling bridge strikes on Long Island alone over the past five years -- including $4.1 million for major repairs to five bridges, installing about 300...
