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Bigger long-haul trucks * Canada - Study finds: Better for environment
Longer trucks reduce harmful exhaust emissions and improve highway safety
Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada -The Chronicle Herald, by TOM PETERS -29 April 2007: -- Says a recent study, and the Nova Scotia government is taking a look at how longer truck configurations could operate in the province... The Canadian Trucking Alliance-Natural Resources Canada study claims double-trailer configurations reduce greenhouse gas emissions from trucks and improve highway safety... The study indicated turnpike doubles are about two to three times safer than the overall tractor-trailer fleet travelling Ontario’s multi-lane highways when measured by kilometres travelled per vehicle. It was estimated they save an average 28.8 litres of fuel per 100 kilometres of truck travel when compared to single-trailer configurations, or about a 55 per cent saving... Turnpike doubles could reduce the number of trucks on the road by between six and 10 per cent, according to the study... New Brunswick has been involved in a pilot project for several months using combination vehicles consisting of a tractor and two, 16-metre trailers. Sunbury Transport has been operating the trucks between Dieppe and Saint John. The vehicles operate under a special permit...
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