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Changed to A Licence
A GLASTONBI.AY haulage firm were, last week, granted an
A licence for three vehicles in substitution of two vehicles on a B licence and one operating under a C-hiring margin. An extra vehicle, to be acquired, on the A licence, was refused.
It was stated that the applicants, Messrs. N. and L. J. Gooding, St. Davids, held a B licence for one vehicle authorizing them
Mr. N. Gooding said his firm were sand and ballast merchants. He produced figures and a schedule indicating the number of times they had to refuse work because of the restrictive radius, and the number of occasions when work was refused because vehicles were not available. They did not hire vehicles.
A letter. from Crow, Catchpole and Co., Ltd., quarry owners in the Mendip area, advised them to apply for an A licence to enable them to do other work when the quarry business fell off.
For W. Viney, Ltd., who objected, Mr. Amblin said he could not understand why the council should support the application when his company, along with many other operators, had their tenders accepted but had not been asked to do this work when the applicants could not do it.
Supporting the application, Mr. A. Sharp, a director of the Westbury SubMendip Quarry, said his company's business was expanding and it was most important to him that there should be sufficient haulage facilities available.
For the other objectors, British Road Services and British Railways, Mr. Webb said that in his view an A licence should be refused, but a B licence could be granted for quarry, building materials and peat, 200 miles.
Giving his decision, the Western Licensing Authority, Mr. S. W. Nelson, said the Carmichael appeal made it clear that he was fully entitled to grant an A licence. The normal user would be " quarry, building materials and peat 200 miles."
New German Rules Attacked
ASTATEMENT deprecating new West German regulations, fixing Weight and dimension limits of commercial vehicles substantially below those observed by most other European countries, has been issued by the International Chamber of Commerce and eight other organizations representing operators and users.
The regulations apply not only to German vehicles, but also to foreign vehicles entering Germany, and the effect is said to be to prevent certain classes of vehicle from crossing the frontier, thus requiring a greater number of vehicles to carry given tonnages than at present.
The statement repudiated a contention made on behalf of the new regulations that they would improve road safety. The employment of lighter and faster vehicles in greater numbers would, it is asserted, tend to lessen safety. Further, a reduction in loading capacity would reduce efficiency and increase cost.
NEW MOVEMENT RULE
AREGULATION amending the rule which requires the movement of combine harvesters along public roads to be notified to the police is being drafted and will come into effect before the end of this month. This information was given by the Minister of Transport last week in a written reply to Sir W. Anstruther-Gray (Con., Berwick and East Lothian), who asked when it would be unnecessary for such notice to be given.