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'LANS to increase speed imits for drawbar outfits from l0

24th September 1976, Page 97
24th September 1976
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to 40 mph on normal roads iave been welcomed by the 7reight Transport Associaion.

News of the plan comes two rears after the FTA first tppealed to the Department of he Environment to increase he limits. The Association has ept up a steady campaign ;ince then.

But the limits for the outfits mri. dual carriageway is to stay it 40 mph. The FTA has ittacked the decision saying :hat drivers will now continue :o take traditional routes rather than taking the longer hut more suitable roads.

DoE attitudes on the experimental use of double-bottoms have also come in for criticism. The FTA says that there is a need for the double-bottom to be evaluated in near normal conditions.