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SUPERSIZED TRUCKS DISCUSSIONS * USA & UK
* Missouri - Supersized trucks? The professionals on the road say no
Green Valley,MO,USA -Land Line, by David Tanner -June 2013: -- Trucking professionals who make their living behind the wheel say there’s no good reason to increase truck size and weight limits on the highways beyond what is currently allowed... OOIDA members with a combined 70 years of trucking experience including heavy haul filed comments alongside OOIDA leadership on Wednesday, June 5, to make sure the Federal Highway Administration hears and understands the driver perspective as the agency studies truck size and weight... OOIDA has fought extensively against increases in truck size and weight as pushed by large shippers and a few mega carriers through the years... They note that 96 percent of active motor carriers operate 20 or fewer trucks. Changing the allowances for size and weight on interstates would create a patchwork among states deciding whether or not to adopt a federal standard... Highway safety and the state of America’s infrastructure are huge issues, and need to be taken into account in the study, they continued...
* UK - Euro MP raises road safety fears over 'mega-trucks' proposal
Weybridge,Surrey,UK -Wirral Globe -6 June 2013: -- Fears UK road safety will be under threat from 60-tonne trucks have been voiced by a Wirral MEP... UKIP deputy leader, Paul Nuttall, is concerned 82ft-long "mega-trucks" could become a reality on British roads as a result of a proposed revision of European weights and dimensions regulations... Mr Nuttall said the move could pave the way for free movement of the wagons "by default" across the whole of the Continent... “I am totally opposed to these vehicles being allowed on UK roads. More freight should instead be sent by rail," he said...
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