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4 rru rnr NEws t! Some truck manufacturers have voiced their concerns
about the way in which London mayor Sadiq Khan -and
Lead story HSE weighs up i::
cutting pallet weights to 750k9 Boris Johnson before him - have gone about inftuencing
l0 rnrenuew truck design.
Most wouLd agree their mission to protect vul.nerable
CM talks to outgoing senior traff ic
commissioner Beverley Bell road users is LaudabLe - rt's the way they've gone about
1& lgrrEns rt that's wrong. Instead of taLking to ACEA, Khan seems
to have set his own agenda. As a resuLt, London now needs completety
15 OeaI OF THE wEEK drfferent trucks to other European cities.
Daf CF 65.220 4x2 Things couLd be about to get a Lot worse with Last week's eLection of six
metro mayors. I suspect they'LLtake a leaf out Khan's book and, where their
18 Euno-o powers atlow, design their own vul.nerab[e road user-f riendLy trucks. Then,
of course, each is LikeLy to jump on the victimisation of diesel bandwagon.
The f irst used Euro-6 Dafs enter the I know everyone seems to be in a mad rush to severties with Europe,
market from Paccar Financial but let's noi forget the butk of the trucks we buy are European. So, metro
COURT REPORTS mayors - please taLk to them firstl
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