Data on the cost of highway freight per mile and per ton-mile are now available in the Financial and Operating Statistics (F&OS) maintained by the American Trucking Associations and the Blue Book of Trucking Companies maintained by Transportation Technical Services of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Skimming and Scanning. Your perceptions of any written text are deepened through familiarity. One of the most effective methods for beginning the kind of thoughtful reading necessary for academic work is to get a general overview of the text before beginning to read it in detail. By first skimming a text, you can get a sense of its overall logical progression.
Use scanning in research to find particular facts, to study fact-heavy topics, and to answer questions requiring factual support. Skimming to save time Skimming can save you hours of laborious reading.