Weighting in the dark
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'HE QUESTION of lorry weights ; being decided in ignorance by he European Commission, ccording to a timely report orry Weights — published by he European Environmental ureau.
Over half of the document, Mich is the EEB's evidence to le European Commission on left proposals for harmonising )rry weights, is devoted to the ontroversial subject of road amage.
It concludes that the Commision has underestimated the xtent to which damage inreases with axle weight; that it ssumes the results of road amage tests on strong roads pply also to weak roads; and lat it has no real idea of the xtra damage resulting from the lose spacing of the heaviest ax3s.
The paper discusses the envionmental impact of heavy lories and highlights the inadequaies of the Commission's iethods of assessment.
Lorry Weights is available pm Transport 2000, 40 James treet, London W1M 5HS or the ouncil for Environmental onservation, 29 Greville Street, ondon EC1 at 50p, plus 15p °stage and packing.