Dangerous Drives

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Dangerous Drives
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 [1]
Production
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original network Speed
Original releaseNovember 26, 2009 (2009-11-26) 
March 31, 2010 (2010-03-31)

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]

Contents

Episodes

No. in seasonTitle [3] Original U.S. air date [4]
1"Heavy Haulers"November 26, 2009 (2009-11-26)
Eighteen wheelers haul towers and fan blades from Texas and Washington to wind farms in South Dakota.
2"Prisoner Transport"November 26, 2009 (2009-11-26)
Dangerous criminals are transported across the country.
3"Border Patrol"November 26, 2009 (2009-11-26)
California and Nevada state troopers patrol the U.S. border on the 4th of July Weekend.
4"Million Dollar Highway"November 26, 2009 (2009-11-26)
A gang of motorcycle riders drive down the treacherous Highway 550 in Colorado.
5"Highway Patrol"December 30, 2009 (2009-12-30)
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 (2010-01-06)
Veteran storm chasers track dangerous tornadoes in the Midwest.
7"Executive Protection"February 17, 2010 (2010-02-17)
Protection teams are assigned to deliver dignitaries and VIP clients safely and quickly.
8"Iraq Convoy"February 24, 2010 (2010-02-24)
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 (2010-03-03)
The heaviest road-legal tractor trailers must travel the narrow highways connecting the territories of Australia.
10"Log Hauling"March 10, 2010 (2010-03-10)
Log truckers must battle sleepiness, rain, fog to safely transport logs while also travelling down long, winding roads.
11"Urban Rescue"March 17, 2010 (2010-03-17)
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 (2010-03-24)
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 (2010-03-31)
Highway crews work to keep a major Alaskan highway safe for travel during a winter that averages 550 inches of snow per season.

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