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In the news a lot this week with various testing going on and even insurance companies testing them crashing.
Gut reaction says no no.. The 3 lorries in a row with one driver just seems to me to be away around having longer vehicles.
I suppose the real question is will it make roads safer or not.
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What I wonder about is how they will cope with junctions, they would need a hell of a gap for all three to get across a junction or roundabout together, or am I missing something?
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Didn't we used to call them goods wagons and run them on rails? or am I missing something.
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Didn't we used to call them goods wagons and run them on rails? or am I missing something. Yes, if we want to copy the rest of the world, lets get a basic rail infrastructure running again.
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I agree to getting back to a good rail infrastructure in this country, with freight been the priority to be carried on it. In the 50s lots of cargo boats where of a size especially for transporting goods from the Mediterranean to this country. Called simply medi boats, City line where one who had a fleet of them. Plus with containerization these along with the rail way could be very efficient in transporting most goods.
Ships that pass in the night, seldom seen and soon forgoten
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I was just watching a video about the Forth Road Bridge repairs and they mentioned the huge increase in HGV's in the 60s that hasn't occurred at any other time. I wonder why that could have been Dr Beeching? The joke is that Beeching thought he was going to increase rail traffic by cutting routes!
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