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On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, NM wrote:

allan tracy wrote:

What has this got to do with making other road users aware of the
limited sightlines from the driving seat of a lorry?

My point precisely, they're just not fit to be used in an urban
environment and in any other industry wouldn't be allowed to.

So how would you see urban deliveries? A rail head at every supermarket
and high street perhaps?

Zeppelins.

Duh.

tom

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NM wrote:
allan tracy wrote:
What has this got to do with making other road users aware of the
limited sightlines from the driving seat of a lorry?

My point precisely, they're just not fit to be used in an urban
environment and in any other industry wouldn't be allowed to.


So how would you see urban deliveries? A rail head at every
supermarket and high street perhaps?

Why not?

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Brimstone wrote:
NM wrote:
allan tracy wrote:
What has this got to do with making other road users aware of the
limited sightlines from the driving seat of a lorry?
My point precisely, they're just not fit to be used in an urban
environment and in any other industry wouldn't be allowed to.


So how would you see urban deliveries? A rail head at every
supermarket and high street perhaps?

Why not?


Been tried in the fifties, didn't work then, won't work now.

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Brimstone wrote:


Railborne freight receives no subsidy, unlike lorries.



Where exactly do I apply for my lorry subsidy?

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"NM" wrote in message
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Brimstone wrote:
NM wrote:
allan tracy wrote:
What has this got to do with making other road users aware of the
limited sightlines from the driving seat of a lorry?
My point precisely, they're just not fit to be used in an urban
environment and in any other industry wouldn't be allowed to.


So how would you see urban deliveries? A rail head at every
supermarket and high street perhaps?

Why not?
Been tried in the fifties, didn't work then, won't work now.

It's a different world now. Everything is different.

You were saying about the fifties mentality?

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"NM" wrote in message
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Brimstone wrote:


Railborne freight receives no subsidy, unlike lorries.



Where exactly do I apply for my lorry subsidy?

It's provided automatically, without application.

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Railborne freight receives no subsidy, unlike lorries.

Where exactly do I apply for my lorry subsidy?

Go sniff the hard shoulder because that's about as much as your taxes
run to.

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Brimstone wrote:
"NM" wrote in message
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Brimstone wrote:
NM wrote:
allan tracy wrote:
What has this got to do with making other road users aware of the
limited sightlines from the driving seat of a lorry?
My point precisely, they're just not fit to be used in an urban
environment and in any other industry wouldn't be allowed to.


So how would you see urban deliveries? A rail head at every
supermarket and high street perhaps?
Why not?
Been tried in the fifties, didn't work then, won't work now.

It's a different world now. Everything is different.

You were saying about the fifties mentality?


see above

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Brimstone wrote:
"NM" wrote in message
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Brimstone wrote:

Railborne freight receives no subsidy, unlike lorries.


Where exactly do I apply for my lorry subsidy?

It's provided automatically, without application.


In your mind perhaps, dream on, don't let reality get in the way.

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