Re: Road Cost Recovery.

[TB@inferno.mpx.com.au]

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On Wed, 13 May 1998 01:21:04 +1000, "Michael Walker"
<walker@hotkey.net.au> wrote:

>Could this possibly mean that truck drivers causing excessive damage can be
>taken to court or come to an out of court agreement with Vicroads? Following
>on, it could be argued many/most large trucks excessively damage the roads
>in normal use. How many of these are taken to court? Precious few I bet.
>How does one report this 'excessive damage'?

Would you like to provide some examples of "excessive damage" done to
roads?  How do you define "excessive" as in the degree of damage done
to a road?

>Perhaps this could be used to
>tip the balance a little more in favour of rail which can carry heavy loads
>without excessive damage to roads we all pay for.

That's because trains run on rails, not roads!  ;-)