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DANGEROUS DRIVERS * UK
* UK - RHA warns against "mentally overloading" drivers
(Photo: A cyclist and a tipper truck)
London,EN,UK -Commercial Motor, by Chris Tindall -26 July 2012: -- The Road Haulage Association is warning against “mentally overloading” drivers after an influential group of MPs said hauliers should be encouraged to fit sensors to their fleet.
The Transport Select Committee (TSC) describes a 15% rise in cyclist deaths as “unacceptable” and that the government needs to step in and find ways for HGV drivers and operators to adopt sensors.
It cites figures suggesting that lorries are involved in 20% of collisions where cyclists are killed.
Giving evidence to the TSC’s Inquiry earlier this year the RHA warned that the technology could be counterproductive... Labels: dangerous drivers
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