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FORMER bus driver Mr. James Smith, Mayor of Carlisle, is to move at the next meeting of his city's Road Safety Committee a resolution calling upon the Minister of Transport to ban all articulated vehicles from the roads in severe weather conditions.
When the Cumberland County Surveyor, Mr. F. L. Broughton, was approached for his opinion, however, he considered that while in theory " splendid", it was impracticable in any sustained period and it would be too damaging to trade.
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Meanwhile local transport firms last week were also concerned about the 'cost of the road chaos to their industry, so much so that some Carlisle contractors are to make representations to the Ministry about it.
Mr. G. J. Flenley, general manager of Robson's Border Transport, Carlisle, said; "We get sick of this year after year and it is time somebody was prepared for it. We don't wait for the first lorry to freeze up before putting anti-freeze in,"