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Schumer urges GPS standards, federal probe of bridge strikes

Originally published: September 24, 2012 2:00 PM
Updated: September 24, 2012 2:56 PM
By KEN SCHACHTER  kenneth.schachter@cablevision.com

Police investigate the site of a tractor-trailer accident

Photo credit: AP | Police investigate the site of a tractor-trailer accident that closed northbound lanes of the Hutchinson River Parkway for three hours. (Jan. 23, 2012)

Standing on a Scarsdale overpass hit by wayward trucks 90 times over 17 years, Sen. Charles Schumer Monday called for a federal investigation into the bridge strikes in Westchester and around New York and proposed new national standards for GPS devices, which have been blamed for many of the collisions.

"These accidents are frequent, costly, dangerous and entirely avoidable," Schumer said...

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