Urban ban on dangerous loads in EEC
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• The Commission of the Common Market (EEC) considers that, as a matter of priority, a measure should be drawn up to prohibit vehicles carrying more than a certain quantity of dangerous materials, such as flammable liquids, from passing through urban -agglomerations".
The Commission has given this view in answering a question raised in the European Parliament concerning two accidents which took place almost simultaneously at Venlo, Holland, involving tankers transporting dangerous liquids, in January this year. The Commission is unable to give an exact reason for the two accidents but believes
that the icy road at the accident site could at least be partly responsible. It feels, however, that co-ordinated action at Community level is necessary on the transport of dangerous goods and in particular recommends prohibition of these vehicles from densely built-up areas when the vehicles are carrying loads exceeding a quantity which has yet to be laid down.
The Commission also suggests that the prohibition signs which have already been proposed by the international transport committee of the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) in Geneva should be adopted by the six nations of the EEC.