Mr. Crow Asked to Think Again
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IT is distasteful to. debunk anyone's boast of achieve1 ment, but Mr. H. H. Crow, chairman, Road Haulage Association, Metropolitan and South-Eastern Areas. must be asked to think again. [Extracts from his annual report were given in the issue of The Commercial Motor dated April 17.—Eo.]
It is not the R.H.A. in any traffic area who can claim credit for casualties among applicants for A and B licences. In every case the decision rests with the Licensing Authority and many applications have been known to succeed despite objections pressed by the R.H.A. through those of its members who can be persuaded to sign on the dotted line.
Mr. Crow mentions that in 1952, as a result of the R.H.A. objection scheme, 61 applications were dismissed for lack of prosecution and 46 were withdrawn. How can he substantiate this claim unless he publishes the circumstances in each case? He speaks of only. 12 applications being granted as applied for, but in this connection I advise him to change his auditors.
Membership of one's trade association I shall always recommend (1 am a member of one myself), but I shall not revise' my opinion that a non-member element is
also much to the good. E. H. B. PALMER. London, &WM.