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Councils should restrict longer lorries in urban areas

Phillippa Edmunds
17 April 2015
 

At the moment, the vast majority of the longer lorry trailers are only using the strategic road network outside urban areas (‘No evidence longer lorries are unsafe’ LTT?3 Apr). The key problems with the (up to) 2.05-metre longer trailers are, however, likely to occur on urban roads because the vehicles (which are up to 18.55 metres in length) will have a greater tail swing and larger driver blind spots than existing 16.50 metre trucks. 

During the original consultation in 2011,...

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