NRA backs super truck ban plan

The National Roads Authority has backed the Department of Transport’s proposed ban on so-called super trucks.

NRA corporate affairs manager Michael Egan warned of a threat of super trucks overturning on exposed stretches of road such as the M50.
Mr Egan also said that trucks had smashed into 450 bridges in the past five years and there was a risk of a major derailment.

Mr Egan said he shared the safety concerns about an inevitable catastrophe on a road involving a super truck.

“There is a risk that they could be toppled. We echo the minister’s concerns. A bridge strike could result in the railway track being moved leading possibly to the derailment of a train. There is a risk out there that we cannot tolerate indefinitely into the future,” the NRA chief claimed.