Axe Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article511263.ece I couldn't beleive this. I thought the 'bendy' bus in London ws bad enough. They cause nothing but total traffic pandamonian in London. They are just too long to cope with our small roads and junctions. Often needing two lanes to take a corner. This truck is 24ft longer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandersj89 Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article511263.ece I couldn't beleive this. I thought the 'bendy' bus in London ws bad enough. They cause nothing but total traffic pandamonian in London. They are just too long to cope with our small roads and junctions. Often needing two lanes to take a corner. This truck is 24ft longer! Drove something similar in the states a while back, but it was 3 trailers behind the rig. Great fun on big open interstates in the mid west. Having also driven large agricultural machinery combinations on the UK's roads then I can safely say that truck will have to stick to motorways and dual carriageways! One positive is it will be greener....just. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA Shaun Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article511263.ece I couldn't beleive this. I thought the 'bendy' bus in London ws bad enough. They cause nothing but total traffic pandamonian in London. They are just too long to cope with our small roads and junctions. Often needing two lanes to take a corner. This truck is 24ft longer! One positive is it will be greener....just. Jerry And maybe cut down on the amount of lorries on the road. Still rediculously big tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 about time they got smarter using less vehicles, i recall the idea of docking stations around the m25 years ago where tractor trailers would dock, offload to a fleet of smaller vehicles to transport to throughout the city, if memeory serves the load on a then artic around 25 ton payload (then) would take 4-5 vehicles to move, do the math, 1 engine or 5, generaly speaking the driving standards of most truckers is good, the impact will have a fear factor for a while, but shouldnt be a problem, they will be moving large volumes more efficiently, its not like hed have to take it around the old smithfield market like i used to years back, 40 footer was bad enough then. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 the problem will be drivers using tom toms at the end of the journey, most uk roads these are going to be stuck left right and centre. The only way I reckon they could be used is as trunk vehicles moving stuff between depots that are pretty much on motorway junctions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted November 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Sadly at the moment I couldn't find much more about the implementation of such a vehicle. I agree in principal that the vehicle is more efficient and uses less road space up. However , there are no mentions of any docking stations etc. If these things hit the circulars and inner city roads, they could cause more problems than thier worth? http://www.denbytransport.co.uk/ecoLink.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Sadly at the moment I couldn't find much more about the implementation of such a vehicle. I agree in principal that the vehicle is more efficient and uses less road space up. However , there are no mentions of any docking stations etc. If these things hit the circulars and inner city roads, they could cause more problems than thier worth? http://www.denbytransport.co.uk/ecoLink.asp your right Axe, you wont find anything on the docking points, my reference was to the 80s when the then "RED KEN" was hoping to ban all heavey goods vehicles from the inner city, the idea was great unload the large tractor trailers at points outside the city limits and run in more little/smaller vehicles, i was all for it taking my scania through central smoke to name one of many was a nightmare, has to be worse now im sure, the logistics of an efficient transport system gives many sleepless nights to any city engineers, as needs grow the nightmare worsens, but the system works throughout europe and north america, why not in the UK. Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushkin Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Isn't this what the railways used to do very efficiently - transporting goods from all over to centralised hubs! But I forgot - they did away with all those - didn't they. But - I note from local press and that of other areas - they are now fighting to have these railway lines reinstated. Blimey - the British way of thinking Pushkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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