February 23, 1978 (vol. 88, iss. 120) • Page Image 1
…'U' study confirms dangers of tandem tankers By GERALDbTIMMIS Preliminary studies by the University's Highway Safety Research Institute have con- firmed that double bottom tankersbtend to wander and flip over, but they can be made safer with a few minor design changes. Several recent dramatic double bottom tanker crashes in Southeast Michigan have stirred up a heated controversy on the safety of the big rigs. Robert Ervin, director of the stu...…