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From: boltar2003 on 2 Dec 2009 05:04 On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:04:00 -0800 (PST) Squashme <squashme(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Now that really is a silly idea. > >Well, Ok, but how about they build a truck as long as the journey >which it is designed to travel? Then they could drive smaller, >friendlier trucks the length of it inside in the dry. If these trucks are allowed in a tinky winky country like holland I can't really see the objection to allowing them here , perhaps so long as they were limited to motorways and other major routes doing depot to depot transfers , rather than in town deliveries. B2003
From: Conor on 2 Dec 2009 06:27 In article <hf5dub$ijs$1(a)aioe.org>, boltar2003(a)boltar.world says... > So was this a case of the police going beyond their powers (again)? I'd be > interested to know exactly what regulations they stipulated when they told > him was illegal , or whether they just dangled the threat of a couple of hours > down the station to make him comply. > Well that is one major part of the reason he did it - to challenge the law and get it clarified. > I guess at 74 with a business to run he won't want to make waves and > challenge the legality of the police stopping him or just take the truck > out again without telling them, but perhaps someone should. > He doesn't really have hands on daily - his son Peter does that. He did, however, go to the trouble of reapplying for his licence to do this. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Conor on 2 Dec 2009 06:27 In article <2578e11a-36d9-4218-abad- 7a2a1300379e(a)b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, FrengaX says... > > On Dec 1, 2:59�pm, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > > In article <cd8eab81-b045-44f6-a724-f3029e9d09f2 > > @v25g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, Nkosi (ama-ecosse) says... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 1 Dec, 12:19, Vicko Zoomba <vicko_zoo...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8387111.stm > > > > > > A road haulage company based in Lincoln has been prevented from > > > > putting a 25m super-truck on the road in the UK. > > > > > > The Department for Transport say they are banned here but the company > > > > says its specially designed truck circumvents the regulations. > > > > > > The BBC's Richard Scott took it for a spin. > > > > �- - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - > > > > > > Oh dear. What will the anti-truck lobby say? > > > > > > MCKevvy > > > > > Well it is bad enough already when trying to overtake a numpty lorry > > > driver breaking the 40mph speed limit on a SC road > > > > Considering the average speed on SC A roads is 45, where is the problem? > > Why is the average speed relevant in any way? Because the argument is that lorries hold up traffic. IME, its been the other way around. -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Harry Bloomfield on 2 Dec 2009 13:36 Conor used his keyboard to write : > Because the argument is that lorries hold up traffic. IME, its been the > other way around. ...as in some traffic (or drivers) hold up HGV's - I agree. -- Regards, Harry (M1BYT) (L) http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk
From: Ray Keattch on 2 Dec 2009 15:49
Conor wrote: > In article <2578e11a-36d9-4218-abad- > 7a2a1300379e(a)b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>, FrengaX says... >> On Dec 1, 2:59 pm, Conor <co...(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: >>> In article <cd8eab81-b045-44f6-a724-f3029e9d09f2 >>> @v25g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, Nkosi (ama-ecosse) says... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 1 Dec, 12:19, Vicko Zoomba <vicko_zoo...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8387111.stm >>>>> A road haulage company based in Lincoln has been prevented from >>>>> putting a 25m super-truck on the road in the UK. >>>>> The Department for Transport say they are banned here but the company >>>>> says its specially designed truck circumvents the regulations. >>>>> The BBC's Richard Scott took it for a spin. >>>>> - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - >>>>> Oh dear. What will the anti-truck lobby say? >>>>> MCKevvy >>>> Well it is bad enough already when trying to overtake a numpty lorry >>>> driver breaking the 40mph speed limit on a SC road >>> Considering the average speed on SC A roads is 45, where is the problem? >> Why is the average speed relevant in any way? > > Because the argument is that lorries hold up traffic. IME, its been the > other way around. I agree with you in some respects, but what about the lorry police approaching roadworks? -- MrBitsy |