Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 November 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposal COM (2013) 195: Discussion with Haulage and Transport Associations
10:40 am
Mr. Peter Scallan:
I do not have specific figures on bridge strikes. This is anecdotal evidence, based on conversations with the owners of the bridges, that the bridge strikes are caused by ad hoc loads such as construction machinery and scrap. They are not coming from scheduled high cube or double-deck trailers. Under the protocols operated by companies such as mine and those of my colleagues, the drivers are trained, the routes are mapped out and there is a protocol, if there is a temporary diversion, whereby the truck pulls in to the side of the road instead of adhering to a temporary diversion. That is why our companies have zero bridge strikes.
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