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Danger trucks are routed
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• Hauliers of large loads of dangerous explosives will have to agree their routes in advance with the police under the new Carriage of Explosives by Road Regulations.
The carriage of mixed loads of explosives and detonators will not be entirely banned, but stricter safety controls will be imposed.
Tory MP Harry Greenway told MPs that the new rules should ensure that detonators and explosives are kept separate while under transportation.
But Transport Minister Peter Bottomley told him: "The new regulations to be laid before the Commons governing the carriage of explosives by road are based on the internationally recognised United Nations system of classification of dangerous transport."
The new regulations, which were laid before parliament on Tuesday, will also ensure that drivers of such loads are trained so they understand the dangers, any emergency action which should be taken, and their duties under the regulations. The new regulations will come into force on 3 July 1989.