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lol @ someone earlier thinking that 50% of accidents involve trucks. if there were no trucks, morons would just find somehting else to crash into.
nz's rail network is pathetic, aged, and fucked.
nz's roads are shithouse. we already run trucks & trailers that are like, twice the required axles and shit than is seemingly required elsewhere in the developed world.
If trucks damage the roads then dropping one in every 5 loads would surely be better for the roading condition. plus the government should be spending road tax and the like actually on roading, not some shithead polititian's taxi fares.
55 tonne trial trucks have been running for some time around various sites around and about.
New Zealand can't do without trucks. The only thing they don't deliver is taken care of by midwives. I don't know why everyone gets up their goat about them all the time. Harden up.
Trains can only go from point A to point B.
There is only one line = delays waiting for the line to clear.
Multi-handling. Load up the truck, take to rail yard, unload, load waits for a train to be available, load up train, arrive destination, shunting and unloading, truck waits for load, picks it up, heads to final destination.
You obviously know nothing about frieghting logisitics. Do some reading on NZR during the 70's - 90's if you want an example of an efficient rail system in NZ. That was before road-railers, intermodals etc... Have you ever seen a truck trailer roll past on rails? I have. It takes less time to assemble a rake of road-railers, that is, road going trailers that literally connect together to form a train, than it does to interchange trailers at truck depots.
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[QUOTE=Brownstoo;1129250318]Yes, but that's just coz NZ roads are absolute shit.[/QUOTE
What do you think makes them shit dumbarse?
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In terms of future-proofing an investment in frieght-logistics in NZ, think about this... what happens when the oil runs low/out? Is it going to be easier to electrify roads or rails? Anyone who thinks a country can live without an efficient rail system are short-sighted fools. Just like our last government.
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More to do with a combination of what loading the road is engineered to cope with, the budget constrains during construction, the geology* it is built on and the vehicle loading (vehicles per day) the road is subject to.
*Roads with rock or gravel foundations such as many in the South Island will cope easily with increased loadings, however try putting the same loads over Taranaki roads with wet volcanic ash/clay foundations and unless a truckload of money is spent on improvements those roads will fail quick smart.
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