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10th July 2003, Page 26
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Our anachronistic review in celebration of the universal law.. .what goes around, comes around.

75 years ago: 10 July 1928 Sir Wilfred Sugden called upon the government to extend its tyre tax reduction to include commercial and hackney vehicles fitted with cushion tyres. He argued that these tyres were not as damaging to the roads as solid tyres and should therefore carry a reduction in duty. Colonel Ashley resisted the amendment. He said the government had already given i65o,000 to a road fund to encourage hauliers with heavy trucks and commercial vehicles to use pneumatic tyres with the object of saving the roads, and that cushion tyres still put heavy wear and tear on the roads.

50 years ago: ro July 1953

The Federation of British Industry called for the development of a trunk road system, claiming that the country's productivity was suffering due to inadequate roads. It said that congestion and high costs in carrying goods by road had affected the UK's competitiveness with other producers. The number of vehicles on the road had increased by 55% since 1939. However, annual expenditure on the roads in the same period had risen from L64m to just gam.

25 years ago: 7 July 1978 A Road Transport Industry Training Board study revealed that there were now more than 6o,oco managers in road transport. Other findings of the report, which looked at personal backgrounds, career patterns and job characteristics of hauliers, was that less than a third of managers in the industry had any formal qualifications; only 3% were graduates. It also showed that the average age of a transport manager in 1978 was 42 years old, but 4.5% were under 40,


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