Dangerous Drives
| Dangerous Drives | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13[1] |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Speed |
| Release | November 26, 2009 – March 31, 2010 |
Dangerous Drives is a documentary television series broadcast on Speed. The series first aired on Speed in the United States on November 26, 2009.[2]
Episodes
[edit]| No. in season | Title[3] | Original U.S. air date[4] | |
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| 1 | "Heavy Haulers" | November 26, 2009 | |
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Eighteen wheelers haul towers and fan blades from Texas and Washington to wind farms in South Dakota. | |||
| 2 | "Prisoner Transport" | November 26, 2009 | |
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Dangerous criminals are transported across the country. | |||
| 3 | "Border Patrol" | November 26, 2009 | |
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California and Nevada state troopers patrol the U.S. border on the 4th of July Weekend. | |||
| 4 | "Million Dollar Highway" | November 26, 2009 | |
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A gang of motorcycle riders drive down the treacherous Highway 550 in Colorado. | |||
| 5 | "Highway Patrol" | December 30, 2009 | |
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Police officers from California and Nevada patrol a deadly stretch of Interstate 15, which connects Los Angeles and Las Vegas. | |||
| 6 | "Storm Chasers" | January 6, 2010 | |
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Veteran storm chasers track dangerous tornadoes in the Midwest. | |||
| 7 | "Executive Protection" | February 17, 2010 | |
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Protection teams are assigned to deliver dignitaries and VIP clients safely and quickly. | |||
| 8 | "Iraq Convoy" | February 24, 2010 | |
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The American Army's Heavy Equipment Transport must transport items and vehicles through a war zone in Iraq. | |||
| 9 | "Australian Road Trains" | March 3, 2010 | |
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The heaviest road-legal tractor trailers must travel the narrow highways connecting the territories of Australia. | |||
| 10 | "Log Hauling" | March 10, 2010 | |
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Log truckers must battle sleepiness, rain, fog to safely transport logs while also travelling down long, winding roads. | |||
| 11 | "Urban Rescue" | March 17, 2010 | |
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Emergency service teams in New Orleans and Camden, New Jersey face their everyday problems and must help out while keeping other drivers safe. | |||
| 12 | "Extreme Off Road" | March 24, 2010 | |
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A team of adventurers trek from Arches National Park in Utah to the dried-out lake bed of the Sevier Lake. | |||
| 13 | "Avalanche Road" | March 31, 2010 | |
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Highway crews work to keep a major Alaskan highway safe for travel during a winter that averages 550 inches of snow per season. | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Dangerous Drives". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on January 18, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
- ^ "Dangerous Drives - TV Show". TVGuide.com. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
- ^ "Documentary Series - Dangerous Drives". TWC Central. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
- ^ "Dangerous Drives: Episode Guide". Zap2it.com. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
External links
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