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10th November 1967, Page 136
10th November 1967
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industry at large should have absolutely free choice to employ the most economical form of carriage. At present the difficulty of operating economically steadily grows.

He endorses to the full all the actions of the RHA aimed at countering the moves of the Ministry and believes that all that is possible in this direction has been done. However, there is a limit to what can be achieved by a national association if it is to behave responsibly and constructively and it cannot adopt the wildman tactics urged by a small minority.

New legislation, thinks Mr. McMillan, is not likely to affect Scottish road transport in the same manner as it will the English section of the industry, especially since the Freightliner system is geared only to connecting the main Scottish industrial centres with the industrial areas south of the Border.

Training is likely to prove a particularly difficult problem in Scotland. In outlying parts, where a high proportion of the fleets consist of no more than two or three vehicles, it is hard to see what can be made of the problem. At a higher level, Mr. McMillan would like the whole industry to become more professional and less haphazard in its methods. With this in view he would like to see systematic training for management made possible through the universities generally.