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Confidence in Road Transport's Future

1st May 1936, Page 71
1st May 1936
Page 71
Page 71, 1st May 1936 — Confidence in Road Transport's Future
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THE public in general seems to have more confidence in the future of the road-transport industry than do many of its own members. We trust that it is a happy augury that the shares of the majority of the manufacturers concerned in it are steadily rising. It may be, however, that Government orders, partly in connection with the rearmament programme, have exercised a considerable bearing on this matter ; but whether commercial vehicles be ordered by independent road operators, the Government, or the railways, the mere fact that they are required goes to prove the indispensable need for the work they perform.

Road transport has reached such a stage in the business and private life of the whole community that it is inconceivable that artificial restrictions could do more than constitute temporary obstacles in the path of its progress, and it is high time that this fact should be realized by our legis lators and the railways. .

There have been, recently, one or two cases of motor-vehicle operators returning to the employment of horsed transport, but it does not require much thought tq appreciate the extraordinary confusion and congestion which would occur on our roads if this tendency became anything like general.

A great proportion of the traffic originated by road transport could not effectively be carried by rail, and pettifogging regulations, apparently designed to produce this result, do little more than harass the vehicle owner and his employees, waste the time of the Police Force, which could be better employed in tracking down criminals, and engender a spirit of 'resentment against authority.

Much information a,s to the value of the goodstransport side of cur• huge industry may be gathered by perusing the pages of this issue; these will give a fair idea of the value which many classes of user place upon the employment of their road vehicles, which, in most cases, and particularly where economic and punctual service is essential, are quite indispensable.

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