They don't necessarily have to, although some states do have separate truck speed limits. In most cases, the company which owns the trucks has them limited to a certain speed.
Semi trucks and cars
A person drives the cars onto the trucks. The top level of the truck lowers down to a degree that a driver can drive the cars on the ramps and locks the ramp back up in position.
I think highways are dangerous because of semi trucks, they are very big trucks on the road with very small cars what a shame.
It gives the driver more leverage.
In order to drive semi trucks, you generally will require a Class A commerical driver's licence. In addition, endorsements are required for additional arrangements such as an "H" addtion for carrying hazardous materials.
The type of vehicles that have a diesel engine are pickup trucks, vans, semi trucks, box trucks, some smaller cars such as sedans and also some suvs have diesel engines in them. The GMC sierra has an duramax diesel in it.
700 miles or 11 hrs
depends on the car or is it a semi... Big trucks usaully get about 5-7 miles per gallon, cars and pickups much better mpg.
The large cross-Channel ferries can hold 1,059 cars or 180 semi-trucks.
The AM/FM/CD/etc. radios are the same as found in cars.
Hardly any at all ... hard to believe from what we perceive as exhaust emitting from their tall pipes, but some semi trucks emit less emissions than some older passenger cars.
Semi trucks are extremely popular, as they save a great deal of money compared to plane or ship for moving cargo and goods. Personal forms of transportation like cars and trucks still outnumber semis on the road.