The external costs imposed by heavy goods vehicles on infrastructure and the costs imposed on citizens and the environment by pollutant emissions, congestion and accidents must be internalized via charges for the use of infrastructure.
The introduction of longer and/or heavier lorries (LHLs) on the major European road network is not acceptable under current haulage market conditions.
Consideration would only be acceptable if all of the following requirements are first met:
introduced before the introduction of LHLs can be considered. As a first step, the Eurovignette Directive should be modified so that external costs can be included in road charges.
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