2010

News 2010

• Swiss parliament enacts law against mega trucks

  

  5 Jan 2011. The maximum length of heavy goods vehicles in Switzerland has now been limited by law to 18.75 meters. This was decided by the Swiss parliament in Bern on December 15th. The Council of States already agreed to the bill in September. A possible admission of mega trucks in the Alps country …

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• German transport ministry denies intention to allow 26.5 metre mega trucks

  

  16 Nov 2010. According to the automobile club ARCD mega truck supporters and the German Ministry of Transport recently discussed the use of 26.5 metre long vehicles. In its recent press release the ARCD is referring to a participant of the meeting who reported that numerous truck lobby organisations …

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• German states put the brake on nationwide mega truck trials

  

  12 Oct 2010. The summit of German state transport ministers spoke out against the nationwide trials with mega trucks as planned by the German federal government. The majority of eight states asked the federal government last Thursday not to carry out the nationwide trial with oversized trucks. The …

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• Report: German trials of LHVs are unlawful

  

  22 Sep 2010. The nationwide trials of longer and heavier vehicles (LHVs), due to start in early 2011, are unlawful. That is the conclusion of a report from the German Institute for Urban Studies (Difu) that was commissioned by the German Association of Cities, the German Pro-Rail Alliance and the …

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• Danish and Dutch supporters can’t wait to use mega trucks Europe-wide

  

  12 Aug 2010. In Denmark and the Netherlands supporters of mega trucks are urging to extend the use of longer, heavier trucks to other European countries. Kristian Pihl Lorentzen, a member of the Danish parliament, recently demanded of his fellow party member and Danish Minister of Transport Hans …

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• LHV study shows: road hauliers see little demand

  

  6 Aug 2010. The response to an opinion poll of regional transport companies on the question of using longer and heavier vehicles, carried out by the University of Applied Sciences in Erfurt, was unequivocal: over 90 percent of the 247 regional road hauliers saw no need to use longer vehicles. "This level …

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• New British government opposes mega trucks

  

  15 Jul 2010. The newly-elected British government is opposing an admission of longer and heavier trucks (LHVs). According to the Minister of State for Transport, Theresa Villiers, mega trucks would damage rail freight's competitiveness and viability, furthermore they are also unsuitability for the use on …

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• German mega truck trials to be massively extended

  

  1 Jul 2010. The German Federal Transport Ministry has announced that the for 2011 planned trials with mega trucks will take place without any criteria being imposed on participants and without any upper limit on amount. The secretary of state with responsibility for logistics, Andreas Scheuer from the …

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• World Transport Forum: Demonstration against mega trucks

  

  27 Jun 2010. As the World Transport Forum kicked-off in Leipzig with the slogan “Transport and Innovation”, the German Pro-Rail Alliance and the railway union Transnet started a spontaneous demonstration against mega trucks and attacked the mascot chosen by the high-caliber congress hosted in Leipzig. …

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• Unlawful mega truck journeys: EU Commission to take steps

  

  20 May 2010. After being informed by the German Pro-Rail Alliance about illegal cross-border journeys by longer, heavier vehicles between Germany and Denmark, the European Commission has decided to take action. In a letter to the Pro-Rail Alliance, the deputy head of cabinet for EU transport minister …

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