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TRUCK RENTAL firms should be brought in. vehicle licensing system, operators from tlareas were told last week.
o the operator goods a Bristol and Mendip "The aim of the 0-licence is to ensure that the vehicle is maintained properly," Les Cockrell, of Charthire Services told company representatives at an open forum hosted by Volvo dealer Westward Commercials and which included a panel of five CM journalists.
Charthire general manager Peter Shannon said that he is very often horrified by the standard of maintenance and general cleanliness of lorries run by some hire firms.
If the vehicle has a broken spring the GV9 goes down on the licence of the haulier renting the truck, Ken Riggs of Peter Lane Transport noted.
Vehicle makers were also criticised, mainly because of unreliable vehicles. Failure of sophisticated electrical systems
is the k iggest problem, operators said.
Public antagonism towards lorry °pet ators led to a call for a stronge lobby for the industry. But Pi ter Brown of Wincanton Trans port urged hauliers to be more positive about self-regulation. "Ninety nine per cent of the pu blic have got a good reason fol not liking trucks," he said.
Truck racing got a firm thumbs d own from most of the operators present, but several smaller hauliers thought it good for he industry. The first truck raci ng meeting at Donnington ci uld not cope with the number f people wanting to see the event, said owner driver Kei th Wilson. "It did just as much good as not," added George Ri Dbertson, from Bath.