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* Canada - Provinces look to hike vitamin LCV in highway diet
Toronto,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -2 July 2007: -- ... Long Combination Units (LCVs), for example, are common fixtures, with conditions, on highways in Alberta, B.C. Quebec, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, as well as 17 U.S. states, including the border states of Montana, New York and North Dakota. In Ontario however, they're a political hot potato, as regulators worry over the backlash from soccer moms afraid to drive next to trucks double in length... Ironically, Ontario and the Maritimes are two of the top jurisdictions that would benefit most from a turnpike double network in Canada, according to a new study commissioned by the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) in cooperation with Natural Resources Canada, Transport Canada, and the Canada Safety Council, among others... The two-year study, conducted by third party consultants, involved the collection of live data from fleets all over the country that operate "turnpike doubles" -- a combo of two 53 ft or 48 ft trailer units...
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