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Foreign trucks pose 'danger' in Wales

30th October 2008
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Page 7, 30th October 2008 — Foreign trucks pose 'danger' in Wales
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PLAID CYMRU HAS highlighted the number of defective and overloaded foreign trucks being stopped on three major roads in South Wales, The Welsh political party used the Freedom of Information Act to ask for figures from South Wales Police on how many foreign trucks were stopped on the M4, A465 and the A470 in 2007.

The police said that out of 101 cases where the result of being stopped was recorded, 24 were found to be insecure, overloaded or with mechanical defects. A further 14 stopped resulted in drivers' hours prohibitions.

Plaid Cymru's Chris Franks, Welsh Assembly member for South Wales Central, says: The dangers to other motorists and pedestrians are obvious. We have heard that some foreign lorry drivers work s.uch long hours that they are reporting themselves to police to be sure they get a rest from driving.

"Unscrupulous foreign firms are pushing some drivers to work over their hours. Tired drivers are a threat to the rest of us."

• See page 20 for the third in CM's Eurowatch investigations, which takes a look at driver conditions in the Baltic states.