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CHECKS GIVE FALSE IDEA MR. BUTT
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rR1TIC1SM of the interpretation some
times put on the results of vehicle checks carried out by the Ministry of Transport was expressed by Mr. A. R. Butt, chairman of the Road Haulage Association, at the annual dinner of the Association's Central London sub-area.
"We have not raised objection to roadside checks as such, but object strongly to the present method of issuing prohibition notices. We cannot blame the examiner as he has only one form to issue, whatever the fault."
Sooner,_or later, went on Mr. Butt, the present method of terming every defect a prohibition and giving the impression that about half the lorries were unsafe would react on the heads of the Licensing Authorities and it would not be long before someone would ask why the high prohibition figures continued and whether the LAs were tackling the job as they should. "I would have expected the LAs to have taken this matter up on their own behalf."
Mr. Butt suggested that the Ministry should use two types of form—the GV9 to be issued for dangerous defects which made it actually unsafe for a vehicle to travel, and a defect form to be issued for minor matters, with a time limit for completion of the adjustments or replacements.