Embassy News - 2013

Cycling Embassy objects to increased speed limits for HGVs

Posted by Sally Hinchcliffe on Saturday 2nd of February 2013

The Cycling Embassy of Great Britain has responded to the Department for Transport's consultation, strongly rejecting its proposal to increase the speed limits for HGVs over 7.5 tonnes on single carriageway roads. The Department for Transport had argued that this would increase safety by reducing 'platooning' whereby lorries bunch up on single carriageway roads, making drivers of faster vehicles take risks in overtaking them.

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