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Less Than Four Inches...
It seems that Moscow authorities are ready to a dramatically enough approach to the problem of traffic jams in the city streets. One of the proposed measures is reducing the width of the lanes to 2,75 m. Let us recall that under the “Rules on Safety of the Wheeled Vehicles” the permissible overall width of the aforesaid shall not exceed 2,55 m. This means that the stock in size on each side for the urban, suburban and tourist buses and trucks, including the utilities, fire, tow trucks and others, ideally will be about 3,937 inches (10 cm). By the way, in accordance with the Annex ¹ 4 of the mentioned above Rules (paragraph 1.2), the standing proud is allowable for the mirrors and other devices for indirect visibility; supporting surveillance; lighting and light signaling and other (total 10 points). It is not mentioned that the 12-meter bus due to the rear overhang dimensions “drift” poop when maneuvering associated with a change in trajectory, can reach 40-50 cm, while the articulated - up to 1,5 meters...
