"Do Not Discourage Hauliers"
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HAULIERS should not be discouraged from going before a -traffic court as early as possible to put right their activities, Mr". D. A. Grant told the Transport Tribunal in Loudon, last week.
He was speaking for Mr. R. Read, Greystonei, Longhope, Glos, who was respondent to two continued appeals by the British Transport Commission against grants made by the Western Licensing Authority (The Commercial Motor, last week).
Mr. Grant described the application, which was the subject of the first appeal, as a new principle in licensing. Because he had asked for a variation of normal user, Mr. Read had to ask either for a new licence or additional vehicles in substitution for those he surrendered.
The application for five vehicles was, in effect, for a change in user, he added. It meant that Mr. Read could normally carry pulp instead of only on occasion. If the pulp traffic were to be adequately catered for the extra vehicles and semitrailer were required.
The need for an 8-ton tipper, the subject of the second appeal, was supported by figures showing an increase in coal traffic, added Mr. Grant.
Mr. J. R. C. Samuel-Gibbon, for the B.T.C., referring to the first appeal, said that it was clear that Mr. Read regretted his decision to surrender two B-licensed vehicles.
The Tribunal reserved judgment.