// JavaScript Document
//CONFIGURE MESSAGES AND VARIABLES

var tickercontents=new Array()

tickercontents[0]='4,995 people were killed in crashes involving large trucks in 2005, representing about 12-13 percent of all traffic fatalities.'

tickercontents[1]='The annual death toll from truck-related crashes is the equivalent of 52 major airline crashes every year, one crash every week resulting in 95 deaths.'

tickercontents[2]='Fully loaded, a tractor-trailer may weigh as much as 80,000 pounds and can be over 65 feet long.'

tickercontents[3]='Since the year 2000, there have been 859,000 injuries due to large truck accidents.'

tickercontents[4]='The highest percentatage of injuries and deaths from crashes involving large trucks occur from 12pm to 3pm.'

tickercontents[5]='The costs of large truck crashes in a year exceed $19 billion.'





var tickerwidth="250px"

var tickerheight="80px"

var fontcss="font-family: Arial Narrow; color:#FF3300; style:normal; size:larger; font-weight:bold;"

var tickdelay=8000 //delay btw messages

var highlightspeed=2 //2 pixels at a time.

var highlightcolor="#FFFFFF"

var backdroptextcolor="#FFFFFF"



////Do not edit pass this line////////////////

document.write('<style>#highlighterbg a{color:'+backdroptextcolor+'}</style>')

document.write('<div style="position:relative;left:0px;top:0px; width:'+tickerwidth+'; height:'+tickerheight+';'+fontcss+'">')

document.write('<span id="highlighterbg" style="position:absolute;left:0;top:0;color:'+backdroptextcolor+'; width:'+tickerwidth+'; height:'+tickerheight+';padding: 4px"></span><span id="highlighter" style="position:absolute;left:0;top:0;clip:rect(auto auto auto 0px); background-color:'+highlightcolor+'; width:'+tickerwidth+';height:'+tickerheight+';padding: 4px"></span>')

document.write('</div>')

var currentmessage=0

var clipbottom=1

function changetickercontent(){

msgheight=clipbottom=crosstick.offsetHeight

crosstick.style.clip="rect("+msgheight+"px auto auto 0px)"

crosstickbg.innerHTML=tickercontents[currentmessage]

crosstick.innerHTML=tickercontents[currentmessage]

highlightmsg()

}



function highlightmsg(){

//var msgheight=crosstick.offsetHeight

if (clipbottom>0){

clipbottom-=highlightspeed

crosstick.style.clip="rect("+clipbottom+"px auto auto 0px)"

beginclip=setTimeout("highlightmsg()",20)

}

else{

clipbottom=msgheight

clearTimeout(beginclip)

if (currentmessage==tickercontents.length-1) currentmessage=0

else currentmessage++

setTimeout("changetickercontent()",tickdelay)

}

}



function start_ticking(){

crosstickbg=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("highlighterbg") : document.all.highlighterbg

crosstick=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("highlighter") : document.all.highlighter

crosstickParent=crosstick.parentNode? crosstick.parentNode : crosstick.parentElement

if (parseInt(crosstick.offsetHeight)>0)

crosstickParent.style.height=crosstick.offsetHeight+'px'

else

setTimeout("crosstickParent.style.height=crosstick.offsetHeight+'px'",100) //delay for Mozilla's sake

changetickercontent()

}



if (document.all || document.getElementById)

window.onload=start_ticking