When you’re driving through hills or mountains, you might notice that there are off-ramps that end in complete dead-ends. For an ordinary motorist, these are just curiosities. But for anyone driving a ...

They're called runaway truck ramps, and they're designed to ... and most highways feature the tried and true style of runaway ramp described above.

Either way, their car struck the tow truck—whose load ramp was lowered such that it created that mythical, made-for-TV-style "ramp"—without slowing down or trying to swerve to avoid it.

(WHTM) — You may have seen them driving through mountainous terrain. A sign that says “Runaway Truck Ramp” and a long road going up the side of a hill or a mountain, or a plot of sand.

A new truck ... ramp of its kind in Virginia. The $5.5 million safety feature is designed to put the brakes on runaway big rigs and passenger vehicles descending Afton Mountain. As part of a Smart ...