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Trucks in fast lane * Australia - Heighten hazards
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia -The Age, by Stephen Cauchi & Reid Sexton -March 25, 2007: -- Speeding truck drivers are to blame for accidents like Friday's Burnley Tunnel inferno, according to a road safety expert... Raphael Grzebieta, associate professor at the department of civil engineering at Monash University and a past president of the Australian College of Road Safety, said trucks should be banned from the right-hand lane on freeways — as is the case in Britain — and the speed limit cut to 60 km/h in tunnels... But the chief executive of the Australian Trucking Association, Stuart St Clair, said it was too early to apportion blame for the accident and said trucks should be able to drive in any lane as long as they did not speed. "We need to see what the coroner's view is of the accident," he told...
* Australia - Safety overhaul for Vic's Burnley Tunnel
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia -The West Australian (Perth,Western Australia) -25 March 2007: -- Victoria Police will examine the need to overhaul the Burnley Tunnel after three people died in a fiery multi-vehicle crash... State assistant commissioner for traffic Noel Ashby said possible changes to the tunnel included reducing the 80km/h speed limit, restricting trucks to the inside lane and installing emergency lanes... Mr Ashby said the police and coronial investigation would dictate future action, newspapers report...
* Australia - Drivers unaware of tunnel etiquette, says road expert
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia -The Age (Melbourne,Victoria), by Stephen Moynihan & Ben Doherty -March 26, 2007: -- Melbourne drivers are immature in tunnels, according to a world expert on road safety... As debate raged over truck access to tunnels and freeways, Arnold Dix, an adjunct professor of engineering and a member of the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses, said more education should be given to drivers... Another Victorian road expert said many drivers felt intimidated when driving close to trucks, particularly in the CityLink tunnels. There have been calls to educate motorists to safely share roads with trucks...
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