A Mystery

You know, it's a mystery to me why we have so many trucks on the highways. They get about 5 miles to the gallon and also tear up the highways constantly. Trains, on the other hand, get 500 miles to the gallon. Why not bring back the trains?

I recall seeing an episode of History Detectives where they proved the oil companies and the auto companies conspired to force the interurbans out of business to sell more buses that would burn gasoline.

I wonder if the oil companies had anything to do with the demise of the freight trains. I have been told they went out of business mostly because of the unions.

Also,the semis are constantly causing major accidents. There was a wreck here just last winter that cost the lives of five people....three of them children. The truck driver was traveling way too fast and couldn't get stopped.