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STUDIES * Germany - Casts more doubt on mega-trucks
Germany -HGV (Ireland) -17 June 2009: -- The introduction of longer and heavier lorries, or so-called mega-truckd on European roads would lead to an increase in CO2 emissions from freight transport, the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany has claimed... The findings of a study released by the Institute appear to contradict a European Commission Joint ResearchCentre (JRC) report published last month that contains a summary concluding that legalising 60-tonne, 25 emtre-long lorry combinations is justified in the EU on environmental and economic grounds... The Fraunhofer concluded that the effects would include an additional two million tonnes of CO2 emissions from freight transport every year, and a shift of approximately 30 per cent of freight transport from rail to road... The Institute concludes that "the introduction of mega-trucks will most likely end up in a negative climate gas balance in the medium term" and rejects the introduction of longer and heavier road freight vehicles for being incompatible with climate protection policy... (Photo from freightonrail.org.uk: Megatrucks)
* USA - AgTEC offers studies backing truck weight limit increase
Washington,DC,USA -Bulk Transporter -Jun 15, 2009: -- The Agricultural Transportation Efficiency Coalition (AgTEC), which supports increasing the overall gross vehicle weight limits for trucks, has analyzed and made available 11 independent studies... These studies affirm the safety and economic benefits of bringing US truck weight limits closer to Canadian and European standards, and quantify the relationship between truck weights and road and bridge wear. Government agencies conducted or endorsed each study... AgTEC has archived the 11 studies, with summaries encapsulizing each study’s highlights and conclusions. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s 2008 Large Truck Crash Facts, for instance, documents a steady decline in fatalities associated with collisions involving large trucks over the years, from 4.58 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled in 1975 to 1.94 in 2006...Labels: megatrucks
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