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LHV STUDY * The Netherlands - Dutch courage
LHVs are cleaner, more efficient, less harmful, more cost-effective and do not create the sort of problems suggested by their detractors
Amsterdam,Holland -The Road Transport (UK), by Dominic Perry -22 June 2010: -- A recent report from the Dutch government "Longer and Heavier Vehicles in the Netherlands", issued by the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, summarises the Netherlands' experience with LHVs since their small-scale introduction in 1995... Broadly speaking, it confirms what the proponents of LHVs have been saying all along: LHVs are cleaner, more efficient, less harmful, more cost-effective and do not create the sort of problems suggested by their detractors (increased accidents, modal shift from rail to road and so on)... LHVs require a special exemption permit to operate and drivers also need an extra qualification to be allowed to pilot them... One key finding in Holland has been that LHVs actually cause equal or less damage both in terms of deformation (stretching and warping of the road surface) and fatigue (the breaking up of the material) damage than a regular truck ... Deployment of LHVs has led to a reduction in fuel use and CO2 emissions among participating companies. NOx and CO2 per tonne transported are reduced by 14% and 11% respectively if maximum take-up of LHVs in the Netherlands is achieved... Loading capacity of LHVs was more efficiently used than regular trucks. The majority of users were in the retail sector (24%), container transport (22%) and floriculture (14%)... The cost/km of an LHV is 6% higher than for a regular truck, however average load capacity is 40% higher, resulting in savings of around 35% per trip... (Photo from roadtransport.com/big-lorry-blog: "And here's one to show you that it can also negotiate the tricky narrow Dutch polder roads!")
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