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The IRU has adopted the following position

Posted: 01-10-08

IRU recognises that on the basis of current trials the EMS offers a number of advantages, environmental, co-modality etc, but it is not universally applicable across the whole EU at this stage.

IRU encourages Member States to undertake proper test results to find solutions to existing challenges and harmonised European rules which could lead to the use of EMS combinations in due course.

The powers that be in the IRU were quite adamant that a position needed to be taken at the meeting and worked hard to find this compromise and in the end no one voted against it

Further LHV news

Posted: 27-09-08

European consortium to look into LHVs. This will comprise Leuven University, the French "Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussees" and Dutch TNO.

B Triple trucks attempt to fix road congestion in Australia

Posted: 08-08-08

The government in Victoria, Aus could soon allow B triple trucks under a state government plan to cut road congestion.The trucks, a prime mover towing three trailers,can weigh up to 82 tonnes and are up to 36 metres long.

The Victorian government is examining whether the trucks are the answer to reducing traffic congestion, News Limited newspapers reported recently. Small numbers of B triple trucks travel between the Ford car factories in Broadmeadows and Geelong under strict permits.

A substantial B triple road network was announced in NSW last year.