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    #11
    Originally posted by vetran View Post
    they do 60 MPH uphill?

    They weren't built by Chris Grayling's mates.
    …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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      #12
      Originally posted by WTFH View Post
      The same people who pay for the fuel today.

      How are they going to bill the lorry companies, you know most of them fiddle their tachos?
      Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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        #13
        Originally posted by WTFH View Post
        They weren't built by Chris Grayling's mates.

        So the German trams are doing 60mph uphill then? How do their electric lorries fare?
        Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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          #14
          Originally posted by vetran View Post
          How are they going to bill the lorry companies, you know most of them fiddle their tachos?
          Linky...
          Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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            #15
            Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
            Well the trams here have no problems with that
            Nor here.
            Originally posted by vetran View Post
            they do 60 MPH uphill?
            The one here are rated for 50MPH. And trains have no problem doing 200 MPH uphill in Germany.

            Maybe you could ask one of the gricer sockies about it.
            Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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              #16
              Originally posted by darmstadt View Post
              Linky...
              sorry where you going to add a linky? Its one of the questions in your article.

              According to Hessen Mobil, the effects on transport, ecological and economic aspects and also the additional expenditure for road maintenance are to be investigated. Many questions remain unanswered. For example, who later pays for the tapped electricity.
              Last edited by vetran; 28 July 2020, 10:04.
              Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                #17
                Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
                Nor here.

                The one here are rated for 50MPH. And trains have no problem doing 200 MPH uphill in Germany.

                Maybe you could ask one of the gricer sockies about it.

                Hey it was a valid question, you do know trams & trains run on well engineered tracks and so the Pantograph is aligned in at least one direction?

                Some fat brummie careering all over the road as he eats his meat pie followed by a yorkie is a different technical challenge.
                Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by vetran View Post
                  How are they going to bill the lorry companies, you know most of them fiddle their tachos?

                  Please provide evidence that "most lorry companies fiddle their tachos"

                  As for how you bill people, it's quite simple, there are a few options:
                  1. Fixed fee (daily/monthly/annually)
                  2. Pay per km.
                  3. Pay per hour.

                  Then, if only the vehicles were fitted with something like a unique identifier, maybe some kind of, I don't know, number plate. And then if only there was something that would be an Automatic Number Plate Recognition system.
                  And that's without going to GPS/SIM or other device that could be built in to the pantograph.
                  …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by vetran View Post
                    Hey it was a valid question, you do know trams & trains run on well engineered tracks and so the Pantograph is aligned in at least one direction?

                    Some fat brummie careering all over the road as he eats his meat pie followed by a yorkie is a different technical challenge.

                    You know there are lanes in roads these days, and you're supposed to drive within the lane?

                    Also, I didn't know you were a brummie.
                    …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                      #20
                      I thought most HGV drivers nowadays were Eastern Europeans.
                      Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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