heavy toll of overloaded trucks

11 June 2007 - 02:00
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Road damage caused by overloading of heavy vehicles costs the economy more than R800million a year, Transport Minister Jeff Radebe said.

Road damage caused by overloading of heavy vehicles costs the economy more than R800million a year, Transport Minister Jeff Radebe said.

"Our current reality as government is that we are confronted with various forms of overloading such as repeat overloading by the same operators and severe overloading up to and beyond 100percent." - Staff Reporter