Questionable assumptions lie behind case for longer HGVs

Philippa Edmunds, Manager, Freight on Rail, London N1
23 November 2012
 

Freight on Rail does not dispute that companies such as Kimberly Clark could save money using 25.25-metre mega trucks but the reality is that costs will be incurred by society in the form of increased road accidents, increased road congestion and pollution (‘Industry presses case for longer lorries’ LTT 9 Nov).

The case for longer lorries relies on the same questionable presumption used in the past to justify each increase in lorry dimensions, that there would be fewer but bigger...

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