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You are here: Home Archive 2009 November Weekly Edition 26th November 2009 Road safety worries put the brakes on gigaliners

Road safety worries put the brakes on gigaliners

by Justin Stares, Brussels last modified Nov 27, 2009 09:57 AM

BRUSSELS transport commissioner Antonio Tajani is opposed to longer and heavier trucks – gigaliners – because of the increased risk of road traffic accidents, according to his chief of cabinet.

The 60-tonne capacity vehicles would create more congestion, more emissions and more accidents if approved for use on international routes within the European Union, cabinet chief Antonio Preto told a seminar in the European parliament.
“Vice-President Tajani will not...

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