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Bath’s vehicle width restriction ‘crazy'

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENTT

02 September 2016
 

Bath & North East Council is facing criticism for imposing a six-foot width limit on Lansdown Road in Bath where four people were killed by a gravel lorry in 2015. 

The Alliance of British Drivers said the council should have introduced a ban on HGVs using the road instead, pointing out that  many cars – such as a Ford Mondeo – are wider than six-foot. 

Said the group: “Many common cars are wider than six feet, and it was clearly the weight of the truck that...

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