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NEIGHBORING COMPLAINS * Australia - Why don't trucks use the freeways?
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia -The Age, by Emma Walker -February 23, 2008: -- Just under a year ago, I bought a house in Yarraville. It's on Francis Street, the one with all the trucks. Yes, I knew what I was buying into... I fell in love with the "village-like atmosphere" spruiked by every local real estate agent...I soon discovered that every day 20,000 trucks pass through my area, 8000 of them up and down my street alone. They're on a cheaper (no tolls) route to the busiest port in Australia... Even post-curfew, residents on Francis Street experience traffic noise that exceeds Australian standards... But it isn't just the noise that bothers me... No, what really bothers me is the health implications... Links between diesel fumes and cancer, most typically lung cancer, are now established. Virtually every one of those 8000 trucks a day is releasing carcinogenic particles into the air... (Video from YouTube, by DingosGotMyBaby -January 24, 2007: "Aussie Trucks " Australian Truck Photos)
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