Speed clap-trap?
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NOEL Millier's report "We're all going on a summer holiday" (CM, Aug 7) could hardly claim to be on "a typical shuttle to the sun" when one of the passengers was the managing director of the operating company and another was CM'S passenger transport editor. The operating staff are unlikely to have been unaware that their performance was being closely watched but Noel Millier does not mention this as a possible reason why the driver "carefully stuck to the 90 km/h speed limit."
Obviously, there are many
reasons why you would not wish to publish a report (possibly critical) based on evidence collected by a reporter travelling incognito but a more realistic assessment would have come up with a better reason for the "Constant stream of overtaking British coaches" than -Their drivers seemed unaware of the speed limit and the possibility of an on-the-spot fine or worse." JOHN M. PAGE, Midst. T.A. Burton-on-Trent
There is no reason for stating the obvious. Of course the staff was aware of Noel Millier's presence; the drivers of the overtaking coaches were not. They are now. — Ed.