Five years to the quiet lorry
10th November 1972, Page 32
10th November 1972
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Page 32, 10th November 1972
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• Within five years the prototype of the Government-sponsored quiet heavy lorry is likely to be on road trials, travelling at a noise level no higher than that of a current family saloon. This news was given by Mr Eldon Griffiths, DoE Under Secretary, when he spoke at the annual dinner of the Garage Equipment Association.
The vehicle was being developed at considerable cost, he said.
Mr Griffiths also said that the Government was considering introducing an instrument check on the smoke emitted by vehicles in use, instead of the present visual check, as a means of stamping out the "nasty practice" of heavy vehicles making unnecessary smoke.