main navigation
The public oppose mega trucks
The great majority of citizens oppose the introduction of mega trucks.
News about mega trucks in Europe
News
Here you can find recent news and also older ones.
-
10 Feb 2009. Recently the No Mega Trucks platform got a copycat with a website by mega truck supporters. With the slogan “green and lean” the website modularsystem.eu claims environmental benefits by mega trucks, even though this has already been disproved by several independent studies. The risks to … -
21 Jan 2009. 25 metres long lorries weighing 60 tons – a nightmare for many road users. Nevertheless, the publication of a scientific study ordered by the EU Commission is renewing the discussion about their approval. It actually reasons that in times of growing commercial transport longer and heavier … -
19 Jan 2009. Brussels is shy of a public discussion about mega trucks ahead of the elections in the European Union in June 2009. But this is just the quiet before the storm: The EU-Commission is planning another study about the admission of mega trucks. Also the the Swedish EU council presidency wants to … -
19 Jan 2009. A new report, published by the EU Commission a few days ago, shows that “Europe is facing the threat of being over-rolled by mega trucks if the Commission gets its way”, said Michael Gehrmann, chairman of the German transport club VCD, on Monday in Berlin. The negative effects on people and … -
16 Dec 2008. Austria as an alpine transit country is expecting no benefits of an introduction of Gigaliners in the European Union. The Austrian government has put its negative attitude over mega trucks into its government programme. “The federal government will take a stand on the EU-level against a … -
16 Dec 2008. The use of even longer and heavier Gigaliners has recently started in Sweden. The mega trucks, which are used for timber transports, are 90 tons heavy and 30 meters long. For comparison: Such a giant truck is weighing more than twice as much as a European standard lorry (40 tons) and also 12 … -
16 Dec 2008. The government of Switzerland has opposed the allowance of Gigaliners. In a recent answer to a request by the liberal party, the government points to the numerous disadvantages, which the introduction of mega trucks would mean to Switzerland as a transit country. Besides costly adjustments … -
27 Nov 2008. Denmark is another European country that sets the Gigaliners free. Since 24 November 2008 the 60 tones heavy and 25 meters long mega trucks are driving across the country. The road transport association Dansk Transport og Logistik (DTL) is expecting 1000 participating longer and heavier … -
8 Sep 2008. Barely two month after the launch of the NO MEGA TRUCKS campaign, 100 organisations from 18 European countries have already signed up to protest against the Europe- wide introduction of longer and heavier vehicles (LHVs). In a statement, the campaign's initiators said: “Europe's citizens are … -
8 Sep 2008. There were negative reactions as soon as the European Commission had presented the initial results of its study into the effects of permitting LHVs in Europe. The German Federal Transport Ministry and the automobile club ADAC were decidedly critical of the study. As reported in the German …
- page top |
- back |
- tell a friend |
Mega truck: One vehicle, many names
- Ecocombi
- écocombis
- EuroCombi
- European Modular System (EMS)
- Gigaliner
- kæmpelastbiler
- kæmpestore lastbiler
- Langere en Zwaardere Vrachtautocombinatie
- long combination vehicle
- longer and heavier vehicles (LHV)
- Longliner
- mega-lastbiler
- mega-trucks
- modulvogntog
- Monstertrucks
- Ökoliner
- Riesen-Lkw
- road train
- super lorries
- super trucks