Lifted trucks definitely have a strong place among the custom truck owners. The added height over a stock or a lowered truck adds to their mystique and rousing desire for ownership. It would seem as if the higher you go, the more you and your lifted truck are noticed. Think of it like a skyscraper standing against a sea of suburban homes. This high-rise appearance makes these trucks rather difficult to miss. Adding flashy paint, some chrome, colorful powdercoating, and large diameter wheels and tires is a surefire way to make a billboard-sized statement on highways and byways. Despite all of the jokes about lifted truck owners overcompensating, the market for parts to lift trucks higher and higher is still skyrocketing.

We thought it would be interesting to delve into what a lifted truck could do to better your life.

Lifted Truck Suspension Components & Safety - Lifted Truck Basics

So, you want to become a part of the high life of lifted trucks and SUVs? It's like ridin' tall in the saddle in the middle of a cattle drive, but more like on a crowded freeway during rush hour. These lifted rolling beasts definitely attract attention and will intimidate many drivers around you. We must remember, every time we climb up into one of these 6,000 lb beasts, that they accelerate, turn, and stop like nothing else on the road. It's very important that these elevated rigs are built with responsibility and driven with concentration, awareness, and anticipation of what may happen while driving. Safety on and off the road is the foremost issue concerning all lifted vehicles. Lifted trucks and SUVs must share the highways and roads with smaller cars and trucks, too. When building one of these massive maulers, there are many safety issues that must be attended to during the design and construction.

Planning for a new nuclear age

As the World Nuclear Association prepares to discuss how to meet the huge surge in demand for nuclear power, the BBC's Humphrey Hawksley wonders if the so-called "nuclear renaissance" could also prompt a complete re-examination of global nuclear policy.

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Lowriders celebrate Good Friday with annual trip

Arthur "Lo-Lo" Medina and his wife, Joan, carry a pan of beans for frito pies past their '76 Cadillac lowrider painted with the stations of the cross as pilgrims pass on the way to El Santuario de Chimayó. Good Friday brings out the walkers each year, but it also brings out the Española area's finest lowriders in a once-a-year display.

Vacaville man faces charges in fatal truck crash Friday

A 31-year-old man from Vacaville was identified Saturday as the fatal victim of a collision between two pickup trucks on Friday in the Suisun City area, which a witness said was sparked by reckless driving.

The victim's full name was being withheld, but the California Highway Patrol reported the arrest of 32-year-old Robert Pettitt, also of Vacaville, on suspicion of felony vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated.

According to a departmental release, the suspect and victim were both northbound on Grizzly Island Road around 7:15 p.m. on Friday when the victim, in a 1989 GMC pickup, attempted to overtake Pettitt, who was driving a Ford F450 pickup. The vehicles were approaching the intersection with state Highway 12 and Sunset Avenue.

The victim steered the GMC pickup onto the road's southbound lane to pull even with Pettitt's northbound vehicle, but for some reason the vehicles collided and went airborne, according to the report.