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Rural truck speed differentials : The 1986/87 national study Fitzgerald, RW

By: Publication details: Canberra Australian Department of Transport, 1989; Federal Office of Road Safety CR82, Description: 209 sSubject(s): Bibl.nr: VTI P0643:82 VTI 2002.0734:2Location: Abstract: This study aimed to examine the effect of the increase in the heavy vehicle speed limit from 80 to 90 km/h on 1 January 1987. Articulated vehicle mean free speeds were found to have increased in four States: car speeds remained stable. The speed differential between cars and articulated vehicles was reduced from 10 to 8 km/h.
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This study aimed to examine the effect of the increase in the heavy vehicle speed limit from 80 to 90 km/h on 1 January 1987. Articulated vehicle mean free speeds were found to have increased in four States: car speeds remained stable. The speed differential between cars and articulated vehicles was reduced from 10 to 8 km/h.