18-wheelers

Safety advocates say slowing down 18-wheelers saves lives as well as fuel.

Firms Put Brakes on Truckers Jeffrey Ball 2011

Other truckers argue that slower trucks cause more wrecks, because cars whose drivers are furious about the lumbering 18-wheelers whip around them.

Firms Put Brakes on Truckers Jeffrey Ball 2011

I saw these 18-wheelers covered in sound systems going by with the most beautiful people dancing in the craziest costumes.

To Capture a Bracing Blowout Bruce Bennett 2011

The rules, which the White House unveiled Tuesday, are the first ever for the commercial-truck industry and will apply to large vehicles such as 18-wheelers, garbage trucks and delivery trucks.

Truck Makers Face Fuel-Efficiency Rules Deborah Solomon 2011

Cut-price motorcycle taxis use thunderous horns that sound like 18-wheelers to frighten others out of the way.

Traffic Drives Nigerians Nuts, but a Trip to a Shrink May Go Too Far Will Connors 2011

The oil-patch titans are brawling over a congressional bill that would provide tax breaks to trucking companies for 18-wheelers that run on natural gas instead of oil.

Big Dogs of the Oil Patch Tangle Over Gas Subsidies Jeffrey Ball 2011

Once finished, the bags are put back on the 18-wheelers and driven over to the Super Saturday site.

Donation Dollars in the Bag Marshal Heyman 2011

Three 18-wheelers full of boxes drop items off at her Watermill house.

Donation Dollars in the Bag Marshal Heyman 2011

We could save even more, that is cut oil imports, by requiring existing 18-wheelers to convert to diesel or natural gas, which would cost approximately $60,000 a truck.

Ed Koch: The Need for a Federal Czar to Oversee the Development of the Nation's Oil Reserves Ed Koch 2012

Zippy sports cars can leave 18-wheelers in the dust.

Beware Zipcar's Speed Trap Rolfe Winkler 2011