Council calls for steel crackdown
19th March 1992, Page 8
19th March 1992
Page 8
Page 8, 19th March 1992
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• Road safety experts are cal: ing for tougher safety law governing the transportation c steel coils on road vehicles fo' lowing two accidents o Cheshire roads in which thre people died when steel coils fe from trucks.
Cheshire County Council i concerned that steel coils ar not properly secured. Counc chief engineer Roy Greenwoo says the Department of Tram port's issued code of practice i not enforceable by law.
"This gives details of method of fixing steel coils to lorrie both when they are being cat ried with the bore horizontal] and with the bore vertically. says Greenwood. "There are fa too many steel coils falling 01 heavy lorries and this is unac ceptable. Either the code is ir adequate or it is not being use by some hauliers."