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Road Safety Bill [HL]

Tesco operates one of the best fleets of lorries in the country, which is commonly acknowledged in the industry. They are good vehicles, which are professionally maintained and well operated. They have signs on the back saying that they are supposed to go at 40 mph. The majority of heavy goods vehicles are not in that class and there is a large majority that are very badly maintained and have poor braking characteristics and other things. I would be very sad indeed if they were allowed to go faster. There are frustrations within the haulage industry about such matters as the working time directive and the fact that it would like to schedule its lorries at faster speeds to enable a driver to complete a journey within the scheduled time.