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Government raises speed limit for lorries on dual carriageways

Vehicles over 7.5 tonnes to be allowed to travel at 60mph - eight in ten already break 50mph limit

Mon, Dec 01, 2014 18:46
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Volvo truck and cyclist

Volvo demonstrates trucks with collision-detecting brains

"Our vision for traffic safety is to have no accidents" says truck maker

Fri, Oct 10, 2014 11:39
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Direct vision lorry design, side view – picture credit Loughborough Design School)

Lorry redesign could save hundreds of lives, says new study commissioned by TfL and T&E

Loughborough Design School says giving HGV drivers better direct vision would improve safety of cyclists & pedestrians

Tue, Sep 23, 2014 11:41
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Lorry speed limit increase will kill cyclists, says Department for Transport

Government accused of putting lives at risk after raising HGV speed limit on rural roads

Mon, Aug 04, 2014 14:01
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Call for action as TfL stats reveal buses pose as big a danger to cyclists as lorries

Green Party in London pushes for safer buses and examination of dangerous bus routes

Sat, Jul 05, 2014 14:00
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Edinburgh lorry driver cycle training (picture credit City of Edinburgh Council)

Edinburgh council puts lorry drivers on bikes to learn cyclists’ perspective

Pilot scheme of classroom-based and practical training developed in partnership with Cycling Scotland

Thu, May 08, 2014 12:39
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Man and Krone aerodynamic lorry

Bereaved parents tell government not hesitate in implementing EU lorry law

Mother of Eilidh Cairns says she is 'amazed, distressed and concerned' at government delaying on EU law

Sat, Apr 19, 2014 06:06
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Man and Krone aerodynamic lorry

More MEPs from UK than any other country voted against EU safer lorry proposals

Nigel Farage and fellow UKIP MEPs - past and present - led opposition to revised rules partly designed to protect cyclists and pedestrians

Thu, Apr 17, 2014 09:10
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Man and Krone aerodynamic lorry

MEPs vote overwhelmingly in favour of safer lorries

Rounder cabs to reduce severity of injuries, improve driver visibility and reduce blind spots

Wed, Apr 16, 2014 18:00
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European Parliament sounds beginning of the end for brick-shaped killer trucks

New designs call for elimination of blind spots, & crumple zones

Fri, Mar 21, 2014 16:42
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