Fitting luestion
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HE FREIGHT Transport ■ ssociation has issued a quesionnaire to 1,000 members sking them for their exeriences with the calibration rogramme.
It wants its committee lembers to report back within le next few weeks, indicating Thether they have exerienced difficulties at any of le centres or whether they ave been affected by any lortages of instruments.
An FTA spokesman said this 'eek that it will not be surrised if complaints so far are tinimal, but it fears that a Iowball effect could arise if .?.lays go unchecked into later ages of the two-year fitting -ogramme.
The Road Haulage Associaan said this week that it has ) plans for a similar survey, It it welcomes the gathering more operators' informam.
It anticipates that the delays centres could be eased as e programme continues. any operators are having hides fitted ahead of schede, and manufacturers are Lilding up production to et the demand for more phisticated tachographs. Transport Minister Norman wler has said that the net)rk of centres will be limited 450, but little more than half these have been opened yet.