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THE HEAVY LORRY is now being more widely accepted as an essential part of British life, Mr Ken Hatcher, chairman of Road Haulage Association, told the annual dinner of the Association's Western area in Bristol last week.
Over the past few months there had been some improvement in public opinion regarding the activities of hauliers. Not long ago many of the new local authorities were set on imposing their own local restrictions on heavy vehicles; at that time there was also a "juggernauts go home" campaign.
"The general impression was that we were unwelcome visi tors from some alien civilisation, who could not altogether be eliminated but ought as far as possible be discouraged.
"Many of these critics had now realised their proposed restrictions would be impracticable and damaging to the interests of the community," said Mr Hatcher.
He believed that money had often been wasted as a result of delays caused by congestion, lack of suitable space and facilities, and owing to regulations which imposed unrealistic limits on the permitted payload of commercial vehicles; restrictions which, he said, were now continued mainly out of inertia or prejudice.