Truckers still road raging over farm-type vehicles

THE Irish Road Haulage Association (IRHA) has denied that it called for a ban on tractors on national roads, and has criticised Macra na Feirme for not taking a stronger stance on road safety.
Truckers still road raging over farm-type vehicles

IRHA communications director Jimmy Quinn was reacting to Macra national president Thomas Honner’s recent criticism of the truckers’ group, for comments linking traffic accidents to the use of tractors on national roads.

Quinn said the Association had called on the Government “to stamp out the use of farm-type vehicles for commercial purposes on public highways”. They were not looking for a blanket ban on farm vehicles on national roads.

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