EUROPEAN ROAD TUNNELS ARE UNSAFE CLAIMS REPORT
May 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITISH hauliers are still at risk when driving though long road tunnels on the continent, with European governments failing to introduce officially recommended safety designs and equipment.
So concludes the latest European Union (EU)-supported European Tunnel Assessment Programme (EuroTAP) safety probe. "Inspectors came home with the worst results in five years," warned a EuroTAP statement, with a third of 31 tunnels tested in 11 countries failing to comply with EU safety recommendations. British tunnels were not studied in the latest ...
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