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A Balanced Approach Is Needed For Sydney - Brisbane Freight, Philip Laird
A Balanced Approach Is Needed For Sydney - Brisbane Freight, Philip Laird
Dr Philip Laird
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Shifting Freight To Rail Could Make The Pacific Highway Safer, Philip G. Laird
Shifting Freight To Rail Could Make The Pacific Highway Safer, Philip G. Laird
Dr Philip Laird
Articulated trucks such as semi-trailers and "B-Doubles" are involved in about 30% of fatal road accidents on the Pacific Highway. As the number of trucks carrying freight between Sydney and Brisbane increases, we will see more tragic incidents like the fatal crash involving a B-Double on 8 January 2012 near Urunga.