Rules on service area repairs to be relaxed
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• Emergency repairs to trucks will soon be carried out by any recovery operator within motor
way service areas access has previously been restricted to operators nominated by the AA and RAC.
The new arrangements will Lake immediate effect for new service areas. For existing services they will be introduced within a year as operators enter into new signing agreements for each site. Access will be for two hours after which normal parking charges will be payable.
It is hoped the move, announced by transport minister Robert Key last week, will stop the practice of pulling over on to the hard shoulder to call out repairers. About 8% of people killed on motorways are on the bard shoulder at the time. Police say the side of the motorway is the most dangerous place to be.