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As long as 40-ton semis are allowed to drive cross-country instead of freight being carried by rail and semis only used for last-mile transit, I don't want to s
by josephcsible 4y ago
As long as 40-ton semis are allowed to drive cross-country instead of freight being carried by rail and semis only used for last-mile transit, I don't want to see a single new weight-related rule that would affect passenger vehicles below 5 tons.
- quantified 4y agoIt's worth discussing. The likelihood of you being creamed on a residential street or main thoroughfare is much higher from the passenger vehicles. How many crashes are there between semis and passenger vehicle per year and how many passenger-to-passenger are there? Mind you, I agree about the importance of good and more-utilized rail transit.
- m_mueller 4y agoHow long does that semi take to accelerate, how long to break, and how well are its drivers trained? At least where I live, Euro specced semis are slow to get going, have extremely good brakes and decently trained drivers. Same cannot be said for your average SUV driver.