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From: Vicko Zoomba on 1 Dec 2009 07:19 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
From: Nkosi (ama-ecosse) on 1 Dec 2009 08:07 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 what chance if they are extended to 25m. Note: Not all lorry drivers are numpties, but some certainly are. Nkosi
From: boltar2003 on 1 Dec 2009 09:07 On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 04:19:09 -0800 (PST) Vicko Zoomba <vicko_zoomba(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. I don't see how it can circumvent them. Too long is too long. Unless they've registered it as a circus vehicle because they always seem to be way over the max length. I suspect eventually though the DfT will just have its butt kicked by Brussels and be forced to accept them. B2003
From: Conor on 1 Dec 2009 09:59 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? -- Conor www.notebooks-r-us.co.uk I'm not prejudiced. I hate everybody equally.
From: Adrian on 1 Dec 2009 10:21
Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> 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? I wonder what the effect on that average speed of 40mph wagons might be... |