More new regs?
25th August 1978, Page 5
25th August 1978
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Proposals for new coach braking requirements to implement an EEC directive are under consideration — but they will prescribe standards of braking performances rather than specific braking devices.
Mr John Horam, Under Secretary for Transport, has said that the use of auxiliary devices such as electric or hydraulic retarders may well be advantageous in meeting the standards for a hill descent, but the Department has not recently evaluated the costs and economies associated with such devices.
It would be for the manufacturers to decide on the most economic means of meeting the standard required.
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