We Want American Trucks...
Putin told his government on Thursday that he met with truckers during his trip along Khabarovsk-Chita highway in the Far East and they asked to allow imports of used second-hand U.S. long haul style trucks…
Putin responded, “The government will satisfy the requests of the drivers and will amend safety regulations for wheeled vehicles to allow long-haul trucks of a bigger size of up to 20 meters,”…
In the past the regulations had restricted trucks to a total length of 18 meters…
Putin expressed hope that the domestic industry will produce such trucks in Russia with time…
The ministry of industry and trade hurried to respond on Thursday the regulations had been amended and U.S.-made trucks can now be imported into Russia…
Now that was interesting and I did not realize that they had a restriction on truck length…
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