I-24’s runaway truck ramp is designed for moments when brakes fail and speed becomes uncontrollable. Real incidents show ...
Colorado is home to the most heavily used runaway truck ramp in the U.S. — Lower Straight Creek runaway truck ramp along westbound Interstate 70, according to CDOT. Week 16 Data Dump: QBs, RBs, WRs ...
Colorado's I-70 mountain corridor is one of the most dangerous stretches of highway in the U.S. Denver7's Richard Butler tells us why one runaway truck ramp in particular is the number one used in the ...
Pictures of a Tesla Semi with missing body panels and gravel lodged in its headlamps were posted online. This suggests that Tesla might have tested the Semi on a runaway truck ramp or that the Semi ...
A semitrailer went up in a blaze after its brakes caught fire and it went charging up a runaway truck ramp on Interstate 70 west of the Eisenhower-Johnson Memorial Tunnels on Tuesday, April 30.
A new truck arrestor ramp opened today on U.S. 250 (Rockfish Gap Turnpike) that is the first ramp of its kind in Virginia. The $5.5 million safety feature is designed to put the brakes on runaway big ...
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. — A runaway truck ramp is back open in Colorado's mountains after a six-month repair project. The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) said it reopened the emergency ...
A crash at the Morrison off-ramp along Interstate 70 this week is a reminder of what can happen if truck drivers lose control of their vehicles while descending the steep slopes of the highway. The ...
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Brake failure forced a semi onto a runaway ramp

Dashcam footage captured two separate incidents involving heavy trucks. In one case, a driver used a runaway ramp after experiencing brake failure. In another, a semi and a concrete truck collided at ...
EDEN — While the Powder Mountain ski resort promises a challenge for skiers traveling up state Route 158, also called Powder Mountain Road, the trip down has long proven a challenge for truckers. The ...
FORT PAYNE, Ala. (WAFF) - Emotions are on the rise after the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) proposed plans to construct a runaway truck ramp on Highway 35 in Fort Payne. Pro-Tem ...