COMPANIES OFFER NEW HI-TECH EQUIPMEN TO BOOST ROAD AND TRAFFIC SAFETY

BY DEIRDRE MASONWITH every new piece of European Union (EU)-inspired road and vehicle-safety legislation brings a new opportunity to make and sell the kit to local authorities so that they can comply. Speed limiters may not be the newest story in safety equipment, but the requirements to fit them had a further boost on January 1 this year. From that date, any UK-driven goods vehicles weighing more than 3.5 tonnes, or passenger vehicles with eight or more seats, that were first registered between October 1, 2001 and December 31, 2004, and which have Euro III ...


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