• Almost one in 10 trucks stopped in a snap
24th November 1988, Page 5
24th November 1988
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Page 5, 24th November 1988
— • Almost one in 10 trucks stopped in a snap
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roadside check have been found to be overloadedThe swoop, part of a seven-year study' into the affect of overloaded HGVs on roads by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory arm of the Department of Transport, discovered that artics were the worst offenders.
Out of 389 trucks stopped, 18% of fiveand sixaxle artics broke the limit, and another one in three had overloaded axles. One in four artics stopped was overloaded by over 10%.
TRRL claims that if the figures are true for the whole country our roads are being worn out at a rate of an extra 6% a year.
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