Trasportounito Unatras and protest for another five days to road bans imposed

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The associations of road contest the decision to establish five more days of driving bans for freight. The Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport, by Decree No. 277 with yesterday's date, running order of the TAR Lazio introduces additions to the Ministerial Decree of 14 December 2010 extending the bans to an additional five days during the summer. The new prohibitions concerning the days of July 22 and August 26 from 16 to 24 hour days and 2:09 pm September 28 October 16 at 22.

The national president of Trasportounito Franco critical thinking "and make the decision to publish an extension of the mandatory driving bans for trucks with a ridiculous three days 'notice' what - precisely -" means to pay a high price for trucking companies in terms of lack of planning. "Thinking it impossible to retract the complaint in time, ie within 16 hours next Friday, the media and men who are engaged in the transport of goods according to a previously defined program. Therefore Trasportounito communicate to drivers who, despite the ban, the next Friday, July 22 heavy vehicles are to move.

In any case - clear thinking - "with these five additional days of detention of vehicles, the share is nearly 90 days in a year, with an unbearable burden on the fixed costs of operating business that, to date, have no serious regulatory instruments economic protection. " "With this way of running the policy of road - National Trasportounito concludes the president - no one will complain if the category then decide to block the activities."

Even Unatras (National Union of Associations of road haulage) the five-day bans for freight will not improve safety on the roads, but will have the sole effect of making the Italian economy to lose competitiveness compared to other major European countries , where companies can work on average three months longer than a year that saw or bans do not exist or were fixed in a much lesser extent than in Italy.

The new prohibitions - second Unatras - will lead to greater saturation of the streets in the hours prior to the start time thus increasing the risk of accidents and also force it to reorganize the production flows by increasing the stock of goods in warehouses with resulting in increased operating costs, also on weekends affected by the new restrictions, it will be impossible for the Italian goods to reach markets beyond the Alps.

"While I understand that the ministerial decision is an act of duty - Unatras concludes - is necessary and urgent that, at this point, the minister of road convene organizations and associations of enterprises in general to find a solution that exceeds the order of Tar. "